How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.21 | 283 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 211 |
| Negatively | 37 |
| No change | 41 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.32 | 287 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.01 | 205 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.31 | 201 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 2 |
| 10 minutes | 17 |
| 15 minutes | 33 |
| 20 minutes | 54 |
| 25 minutes | 46 |
| 30 minutes | 70 |
| 35 minutes | 16 |
| 40 minutes | 16 |
| 45 minutes | 14 |
| 50 minutes | 7 |
| 55 minutes | 3 |
| 60+ minutes | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 276 |
| At a regional location | 2 |
| At another location | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 281 |
| In a group | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 262 |
| Closed file | 15 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.21 | 283 |
"Kept asking about DAT"
"What do you want to do as a dentist?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"How I will survive dental school with my trend."
"Challenges adapting to dental school"
"How many times did you take the toefl?"
"Where do you picture yourself in five years?"
"Why did you take the DAT twice?"
"Why should we choose you"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why NYU (other than being located in NYC)."
"What is your biggest strength and weakness?"
"Tell me about yourself and why you chose dentistry."
"Have you been involved in any ethical situations?"
"tell me what you think would be a negative factor if you attended NYU?"
"Compare NYU with another school that you interviewed at."
"What is your favorite/least favorite course?"
"What was the biggest challenge you've experienced recently?"
"Tell me something not in your app"
"Why did you choose NYU?"
"Are you Jewish?"
"how did i manage to do everything on my application. am i lying?"
"What is an ethical dilemma you have faced?"
"can you multi task?"
"What schools have you applied to?"
"Describe an academic challenge you've faced."
"Tell me something that is not in your file?"
"How was your experience in your own dental school ?"
"What would you do if you could not go to dental school?"
"If I get accepted to all the schools I have applied for where would I go"
"What is your favorite class?"
"How did you like your school?"
"What is an important quality that a dentist should have?"
"Was there a particular challenge you faced?"
"what is the name of the dean?"
"What is one thing you would change about yourself?"
"Have you used a typodont before?"
"Tell me about your research at NIH"
"Why do you want to come to US and study again ?"
"Do you know the name of the dean of the college?"
"they have a list with question ,approximately 13 question was asked from me. 1tell me about yourself , 2 why dentistry, 3 why Nuy, 4ethical dilemma, 5 weak. vs str., 6 how many school u did u apply, 7 how many school u had interview, 8 specialties of dentistry, 9 who is a dean ofNYU, 10 what can u bring to NYU, 11Why we have to choose you at of all others 12 if u have shadowing they will ask you some procedure from ur application that u mention 13 do u know anyone from NYU i had very intense interview"
"How far my place (lucknow) from delhi?"
"psychologist- his m.o. is to grill you and see how you take it. He read my application (for the first time) in front of me. 1st question- Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about your international volunteering experience?"
"Is NYU your first choice?"
"Do you know anyone who goes to NYU?"
"Why NYU? Why dentistry? Why were some semesters more difficult than others? How did you overcome difficult classes?"
"what is a positive and a negative thing about you?"
"What makes you a unique applicant over the thousands of applicants we get each year?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses"
"Your strengths and weaknesses"
"Why Dentistry"
"Tell me some things about yourself that I could not find in your application?"
"It was very conversational, low stress. When did you decide dentistry was right for you, when did the "light bulb" go on?"
"I was surprised it was only one 1 on 1 interview. We discussed the other schools I applied to and he didn't really ask me any personal questions."
"How many schools have you applied to? Which ones have offered you interviews? How would you compare their curriculum to NYU? "
"If you were to get into NYU, why would you come here as oposed to X, Y, and Z? (the other schools at which I was interviewing)"
". why dentistry why NYU strength and weaknesses if you had to change something about yourself, what would it be? what are you the most proud of. what do you think will be the most challenging for you in dental school? tell me about yourself"
"Strength"
"Talk about the classes you are taking or are going to take next semester, they are interesting. (Non hard science courses)"
"What can you do for NYU?"
"Tell me about building model airplanes (a hobby of mine)"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"Who is (my name here)?"
"Strengths/Weaknesses"
"I really didn't get any questions asked besides why NYU and what did I do during the summer. The rest was really informal."
"What was an ethical situation you have been in and how did you handle it?"
"Why NYU? why NY?"
"Why dentistry and not medicine?"
"Why do you want to go to NYU?"
"do you consider yourself a good person? whats the most recent kind thing you've done."
"Tell me something about yourself that is not stated in your personal statement."
"Why NYU? What are your study habits?"
"Why NYU? Know the school. "
"Why dentistry? Why NYU?"
"why i thought i could do dentistry for the next 40 years?"
"You have such a great transcript. What happened with ochem?"
"what i have been doing after graduation"
"How do you study?"
"why NYU? tell me about yourself?"
"Explain this bad grade/bad DAT section/etc."
"How did you get to choosing dentistry?"
"So...If I had to choose between you and another student with equal stats, tell me why I should pick you?"
"how do you know you have manual dexterity"
"Personal questions (weaknesses in my application)"
"Why Dentistry? Is anyone else in your family a Dentist?"
"would you have any problems moving to NY"
"Why NYUCD?"
"Have you ever had a moral dilemma?"
"How did you study for the DAT?"
"tell me a bit about yourself"
"tell me about an activity you did were you had to work with others?"
"What was your study abroad experience like?"
"WHy NYU and how would you do in NYC?"
"Tell me about your college experiences? How do you study?"
"how I got interested in dentistry"
"Describe an ethical situation you have been in and how you handled it."
"you wouldn't come here if you got accpeted to california schools right?"
"Tell me about yourself. "
"Tell me about yourself"
"How will you handle school since you have a wife and kids? "
"Why dentistry?"
"Why NYU?"
"Why the hell did you apply so late?"
"Why NYU when it's so far away (I'm a WA resident)?"
"what are you proud of ?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why Nyu? "
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"Explain an ethical situation you have been involved in."
"Are you the first in your family to apply to professional school?"
"Why did you do so poorly in Ethics?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"what do you think of New york? "
"Why are certain grades on my transcript bad."
"How do you handle stress?"
"Tell me about your research"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Why NYU."
"why dentistry and not medicine"
"tell me something about yourself"
"why NYU"
"How long will you be in town for? What are you going to do while you're here? What kind of things do you like to do?"
"How did you recover from a bad grade?"
"Why dentistry, and not medicine?"
"why dental and not medicine?"
"What do you know about dentistry?"
"If you had to become a TV star and you had to be Buck Rodgers or Webster, which one would you be and why?"
"Why Dentistry? What makes NYU attractive to you? "
"Why C in this class? "
"Why were your PAT scores on the DAT lower than the other sections?"
"How old are you? Any siblings?"
"Do you know that UOP is a terrible school?"
"Why do you want to go to dental school?"
"why dentistry? Asked about personal statement."
"I cannot answer these questions, because we just had a great conversation. No scripted questions. "
"What are ur strength and weakness?"
"Have you been to New York before, and what did you do on your last visit?"
"What do your parents do for a living?"
"Why dentistry? why not medicine"
"where r u from? age? "
"Why are you here?"
"Bio101 - what was that class about? "
"Why didnt you retake your DAT?"
"What r ur positive & negative points?"
"If you have a patient that is a real pain and they say to you walking out the door after an appointment, "Am I a good patient?" What is your response?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"State a weakness and a strength. "
"Why Dentistry? after i asnwered, i was being asked again just a few mins later. what u REALLY like about dentistry?"
"What is your perspective on plagarism?"
"IF YOU DONT GET IN HOW DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE YOUR RESUME STRONGER? "
"strengths & weaknesses"
"what are your hobbies"
"Why dentistry?Why NYU? What do you like about it?"
"How do you problem solve?"
"what have you been doing for the last year?"
"DESCRIBE YOUR JOB DOTIES"
"Tell me about tutoring position. What school, how many hours per week, etc?"
"What have you been doing ever since you came to the US?"
"where are you from"
"what are u r strengths and weaknesses?"
"Do you like dentistry?"
"When did you graduate?"
"Tell me about yourself? Why Dentistry?"
"What do you like to do for fun?/ what else do you do besides school and work?"
"How would you describe the dentist whom you volunteered for?"
"What are you strengths and weaknesses?"
"Where are you from? Have you been to NY or NYC before??? What do you think of NY?"
"why dentistry and not medicine (over and over again)?"
"so i see you got good DAT scores...but your grades suck during this semester. what happenend, did your grandmother die?"
"what is one strength and one weakness?"
"How long have you been here?"
"Why NYU? Why New York?"
"Why in the world did you decide on dentistry?"
"Why do you want to attend NYU?"
"Why did you chose to persue dentistry as a career?"
"So, you went to ...... (school) and you have a ... GPA, you were having fun, right?"
"What are you most proud of?"
"what other schools have you been accepted to?"
"What the F#@$ happened to you in undergrad?"
"Why NYU?/Why are you a good fit for NYU?/What about NYU do you like?"
"Why am I a good fit for NYU"
"What is something that is not on your file"
"He said it's a competitive program, then he asked: Do you think you'll be able to cope with the program?"
"What’s something on your application or CV that you’d like me to know?"
"There are other dental schools in New York. Stony Brook, Columbia, Touro, Buffalo... why NYU?"
"how do you relieve stress"
"Tell me about a strength and weakness"
"How did you study chemistry?"
"Why my Alma Mater."
"The worst thing about your application is your GPA at (specific institution), why?"
"What is your strength and weakness?"
"What was one of your academic achievement/accomplishment"
"Tell me about a low grade?"
"What is one thing you want me to remember about you when you walk out of here?"
"Tell me about your research"
"What does your father do for living?"
"If you could choose to go to any dental school, where would you go?"
"Who is the dean of the school?"
"Your hands don't look very small, is that going to be a problem for you?"
"is the reason why i scored so high on the DAT because I had access to all the material as a DAT instructor? when I told her I only trained to be a DAT instructor, but decided not to go through, she cut me off before I could explain that I had ANOTHER job teaching at an awesome org for high school students, and said "so when things are hard you just quit?" followed by "why don't you just be a teacher instead?""
"name a recent book that you've read."
"Why NYU? Are you willing to move here so far from home? (I am from Miami, FL)"
"What is the future of dentistry?"
"Do you have anything else to tell me not on your application?"
"How do you destress yourself?"
"What interests you about dentistry?"
"Why NYU, Why dentistry, ethical question"
"Can you handle New York Cit?"
"What do you know about our school?"
"What NYU dental school program are you interested in?"
"At the end of the interview, what did I want the interviewer to remember about me."
"How was growing up in __?"
"ethical dilemma"
"Tell me about your experience shadowing/interning."
"How would your wife feel about living in a busy city like NYC?"
"Describe yourself"
"When was the last time you used a typodont?"
"Does your family support you in your decision ?"
"Do you have any research experience?"
"."
"How old I was when I passed high school?"
"Why a certain grade in this class."
"Why would you like to come to NYU?"
"How many schools did you apply to?"
"If you could change one thing about your application what would it be?"
"Why NYU?"
"Explain X bad grade"
"Why NYU and what can you bring"
"Why NYUCD? What can NYU offer you as part of your dental education?"
"Tell me about... (and went through my application in front of me asking me about a number of different experiences I had listed)"
"Weakness"
"He tried to throw in an ethics question"
"explain low grades"
"Tell me something that is not on your application?"
"Explain this part of your app"
"Tell me about an ethical situation you dealt with"
"about my family."
"Strength and weakness"
"tell me about your research."
"What do you think you could bring to the school?"
"what are you looking for in a dental school? what have you heard about NYU (so they could dispel these rumors)"
"describe an ethical situation you have ever been faced with."
"What are your strengths/weaknesses? Tell me an ethical situation and how you confronted the issue."
"Asked if I had been around dentistry and then asked to explain a couple of procedures (root canal, whitening)."
"Why do you want to be a dentist...it's boring...you work in a mouth all day..."
"why i took summer school courses at a different university other than my own?"
"we talked about everything from trains to bollywood movies. "
"what does my husband do"
"What kind of hand skills do you have"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"ur waekness and strengths? why dentistry, what is it in the dentistry that you like?"
"What's your #1 school?"
"why not medicine?"
"Did you like [undergrad school]?"
"I see your father is a physician, tell me why you picked dentistry over medicine? (I was asked this at all 3 of my interviews so far)"
"What can you bring to NYU?"
"why dentistry specifically"
"Family (Parents, relatives)"
"Is NYU your first choice?"
"Describe an ethical situation you've encountered"
"how did you get interested in dentistry"
"Why do you like dentistry? "
"Whats your favorite movie?"
"Why should we pick you over the other qualified applicants outside?"
"If you get accepted, would you have any problem going to New York? Why dentistry?"
"thoughts on dentistry and nursing merger "
"what other schools have you applied to?"
"Why do you want to go to NYU instead of one of the schools in your state (which are also private)?"
"What procedures have you helped with?"
"What are you most proud of?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"How do you manage time? How was your dental shadowing experience? "
"why nyu"
"Tell me about your hometown."
"Why did u get a C in Ochem?"
"What was the most difficult ethical decision you had to make?"
"Why did you do so bad in Korea and how did you improved this much in the US?"
"Are you satisfied with your DAT scores?"
"Describe a situation where you had to make an ethical decision."
"What do you think about your first time in NYC?"
"Why do you have some W's and one F on your transcript?"
"What recent things have you been reading about NYUCD?"
"is your husband planning to move with you?"
"Any emergency cases and how you handled it?"
"Why were your grades a lower in the beginning of college"
"Volunteer experiences"
"Are you sure you want to be a dentist?"
"What did you like best/least about your shadowing experiences?"
"Question to clarify something on my transcript."
"Do you like research?"
"What got you interested in Dentistry?"
"tell me a little about youself and how you became interested in dentistry"
"Why dentistry?"
"Will you retake DAT?"
"what was the last movie you saw and what is your favorite website?"
"Why Dentistry"
"do u have any siblings"
"strength and weekness"
"Where else have you applied?"
"Tell me about your experiences. (Undergrad, work, community service) Would you like to specialize? Why?"
"What are you doing this year? "
"Tell me about yourself."
"What do you know about dentistry?"
"tell me about the research you did and what your role was?"
"Have you ever had to make an ethical decision..."
"Did you get some Orange Juice?"
"your strength? your weakness? how you do manage your time? What motivates you? "
"why dentistry? "
"Tell me about your undergrad college and the area?"
"Why did you take a year off?"
"So I see you didnt do too well in this course... "
"tell me more about yourself?"
"Why did you receive such and such a grade in these courses?"
"what are your streangths and weaknesses?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?"
"Why so fast? Is everything in your life planned already? "
"strenght/weakness"
"Tell me about shadowing experience..."
"why new york"
"Where else have you interviewed?"
"What do you really like about dentistry?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why dentistry? Your GPA/scores are high enough to enter a much more challenging profession."
"Why NY city?"
"Asked about research. Asked about DAT score and how I prepared for it?"
"What was the hardest decision you had to make based on morals and ethics?"
"How is New York City different from your hometown?"
"Did you pursue medicine only because of the academic/social pressures parents put on their Korean-Americans children?"
"why did you get a C in physics"
"why dentistry? age?(yes twice)"
"Why not a good grade at certain subjects? "
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"U GOT MARRIED 5 MONTHS BACK.WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FOR U TO STAY AWAY FROM UR HUSBAND?"
"Give a strength and a weakness."
"Why did u choose dentistry as ur career?"
"If you could attend any dental school which one would you attend?"
"Why NYU for dental school?"
"Why do you want to become a dentist?"
"Where else are you applying and what is your first choice?"
"What's your hobby?"
"If your friend chose a suit which you didnt like at all and he asked you if you liked it, and your friend already told you how much he loves the suit, how would you respond?"
"Why NYU, despite the fact that it's in New York."
"What do you want to know about NYU dentisty?"
"WHY NYU? WHY DENTISTRY? THE INTERVIEW WAS VERY OPEN FILE, many questions came from my undergrad work, also alot about my office experiences."
"Strength/weaknesses"
"any questions for us"
"strength and weaknesses"
"what happened to your biology score on the DAT."
"weakness about the DAT were asked about because it was a very open file interview. "
"What percentage are you in your class?"
"is there anything else you want to tell me? i was asked this question 2-3 times."
"DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN USA"
"Tell me about the graduate program that you are in here. What department? What classes? How do you like it?"
"Name one positive and negative aspect about yourself."
"Are you aware of the struggles associated with dental school?"
"if u have a bad pateint would u tell him?"
"Your strength and weakness?"
"What are yours strength and weaknesses?"
"If I was the dental school admissions God and I could touch you and put you in any dental school except NYU, where would you want to go?"
"Tell me about your undergraduate school? How big is the town where it is located?"
"If you had a patient (who is not your favorite patient, if you know what i mean) asked you "Am I a good patient?" what would you say?"
"What kind of student are you? (i thought it was a weird question but it's like how do you study and stuff)"
"What have you noticed at the dental office you worked at?"
"What are your strength and weaknesses?"
"do you have an common sense? my granddaughter is a sophmore in college and has more common sense than you!"
"How do you like NYC?"
"Why would you want to live in New York?"
"What has been your greatest challenge?"
"Why did you choose NYU?"
"what are your strenghts and weaknesses?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"why nyu/dentistry? "
"Where else have you been accepted?"
"What are two strengths and one weakness?"
"Dip in my science grades"
"Why do you want to attend NYU?"
"Tell me about your (insert volunteer experience from application here)."
"If there was only one seat left in the class, what would distinguish you from the other students interviewing today?"
"why NYU"
"Tell me about a time you overcame a hardship"
"How would you like moving to New York?"
"Will you commute from home?"
"What are my hobbies."
"How are you a team player?"
"Recount a situation in which ethics governed your decision?"
"What was your favorite and least favorite course?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Strength/Weakness?"
"What was the greatest challenge of your undergraduate career?"
"Tell me something that is not in your application"
"Please explain the academic challenge you have experienced"
"Why did you choose dentistry"
"Have you ever been to New York?"
"why new york? you don't think california is good enough for you?"
"what was the last movie that you saw?"
"What have you done in NYC? Do you like the city? Are you going to be okay coming here?"
"Talk about an ethical situation and how you handled it."
"Tell me about the research you did."
"What other schools have you applied to?"
"What's your background?"
"Will the cost be a problem?"
"Tell me about your self"
"Have you considered graduate school? Are you convinced this is what you want to do?"
"tell me about something that is not in your app"
"What is the biggest challange you encountered, and how did you deal with it?"
"What did you learn from ______ volunteer experience?"
"role model"
"Did you do anything to improvise you pre clinical skills from the time you graduated?"
"Do you see yourself in New York?"
"Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about yourself."
"Will you stay within the area once you graduate?"
"About my work experience in India?"
"what are the five specialties of dentistry"
"If I were to call your mom, what would she tell me your greatest strength is?"
"what is a recent great challenge that you had to overcome?"
"Do you have questions? ( I was asked this 5 times )"
"Any questions for me?"
"What happend to yuor PAT."
"What are you most proud of?"
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"Tell me about your hobbies, tell me about your job, will you have a problem adjusting to a large class size, what do you do in your free time"
"Ethical Situation"
"Explain this low grade/score."
"did you like doing research?"
"What are your strength and weaknesses? Question #4: Tell me about your experiences in Dentistry"
"What was the most difficult time for you?"
"Dental school is expensive; how do you think you're going to pay for it?"
"What will be your contribution to this school? "
"Tell me something that is not in your personal statement/your file."
"Why did you apply to the schools that you did?"
"I see that you struggled a lot in undergrad, how did you overcome that?"
"where do you plan to practice? "
"What was your most challenging course in Undergrad"
"Why Dentistry? Do you know anyone here?"
"Tell me about an ethical situation you faced and how you handled it."
"Is anyone in your family dentist? "
"Tell me about your time management skills. Dental school is going to require this."
"my future goals"
"What do you think of California vs. the East Coast (my interviewer was from California)"
"Are you really prepared to be a student again after years working?"
"what are you doing now?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"what other schools did u apply to?"
"What other schools have you interviewed at? What kinds of questions did they ask you?"
"Tell me about your manual dexterity skills? (I think he was extra curious about this since he administers NBDE II) Also asked me why NYU? "
"What questions do you have?"
"Can you tell me why you didn't apply right after your graduation?"
"How did you handle working a part time job and a tough course load throughout college and do you think you will be able to manage your time at dental school?"
"Besides studying/school, name a difficult time in your life and how you got through it"
"questions from my application"
"Why is your organic chem's score on DAT so low? ( I got a 13!) I told her it's because I took a wrong approach to studying for organic chem. I did better on other sciences (25 on gen chem and 23 on bio) so that covered it up for me."
"Have you ever killed anyone? IM KIDDING!! - Relax, all questions were easy, very informal. Just be yourself and youll be fine, just BE CONFIDENT. Ok, ok - another question was: Did you like physics? (its the only subject I had a B+ instead of A) "
"What do you know about NYU?"
"Why NYU (read the website carefully and know what NYUCD has to offer). My interviewer was impressed that I know a lot about the school."
"strengths and weaknesses"
"Great interview, it was really laid back and just like a conversation"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"How much time do you spend studying? Why did you get bad grades in these classes?"
"An ethical decision you had to make?"
"How does construction relate to dentistry?"
"An ethical situation you've been in, etc."
"If you could go back would you still choose your undergraduate college?"
"why nyu?"
"Tell me the strength/weakness about yourself. "
"How well will you be able to settle down in NY without any family members."
"You have a crappy semester on your transcript. Why?"
"Strength/weakness"
"How will a large class size be for you?"
"Why dentistry? followed by a checklist of questions including questions such as: how do you study? what was the most difficult course you have taken? Why should we accept you to NYUCD? this one is important because people always answer the same way. Be unique in answering this question. "
"What makes you think NY is a good city for you to live in?"
"tell me about your study stratergies and time management skill?"
"Most difficult subject?"
"Talk about urself?"
"How sure are you?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"Why NYUCD?"
"why do you want to come to this school?"
"Why NYU."
"Why did you get a "C" in Biol 192?"
"if u could change one thing about urself, what would it be"
"ethical decision"
"if you could go back, what would you do differently in college "
"What have you heard about NYU?"
"How do you like to study? Give me an example of an instance when you taught something to others (I said I like to study in small groups sometimes and like to teach). "
"If you got in to NYU would you go here?"
"Tell me about your dental volunteering experience."
"What is the last movie you've watched?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Where all did you apply... If you got into school in Cali, why would you come here?"
"Why would you even come out here for an interview, honestly?"
"If you get accepted into NYU and other schools would you go to NYU?"
"Any questions?"
"Tell me about shadowing experience."
"interested in research?"
"What don't you like about dentistry?"
"Why dentistry?"
"Would you retake the DAT?"
"dental experience"
"Did you have a semester where you felt you were overwhelmed becuase you had to juggle work, family, and activities?"
"Is your wife pretty?"
"If you were granted admissions, would you attend?"
"Do you enjoy making things using your hands?"
"How do I feel about how expensive the school is?"
"What is your back up plan incase you dont get into dental school?"
"Do you have any questions? (This was asked 3 times!)"
"Do you know what sets NYU apart from say... a Harvard dental school?"
"are you applying for financial aid?"
"why not nursing?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"asked about my research"
"HOW did u study?"
"Strength and Weakness?"
"Is NYUCD your first choice?"
"Name one medical emergency that u have handeled in your school."
"Do you understand the cost commitment you must make to be here/live in NY?"
"What kind of dentistry would you like to practice?"
"If a patient you didnt like asked you if you thought they were a good patient, what would you say?"
"Why did you major in Literature?"
"Explain your DAT scores"
"Tell me about yourself."
"I see you are the president of several organizations at Brandeis University as well as involved in the community. How do you think your attitude will change at NYU concerning your current positions?"
"What really makes you love dentistry? what is it about the field that makes you choose it over everything else. "
"how many schools did you apply to?"
"who got you interested in dentistry "
"why dentistry"
"Tell me about yourself"
"do you have any questions abnout the school? i was asked this question 2 times."
"TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SELF"
"What kinds of things did you observe in the dental clinic you volunteered at? (I had over 200 hours of observation time so I had a lot to talk about regarding this)"
"You have good scores but why did you apply only to two schools?"
"What are your future plans if you end up going to school here?"
"why do you want to become a dentist"
"what school would u pick if u get in all schools? say NYU"
"When did you graduate from the dental school in your native country?"
"Did you apply to any other schools? Why did you choose NYU out of all?"
"What was the most challenging thing you had to overcome when you moved to the US? "
"What is your favorite part about NYC?"
"What made you want to be a dentist?"
"What is your motivation when times get tough?"
"Why did you apply to some of the schools that you did?"
"What do you think of me?"
"Why NYC? Why NYU?"
"Describe your study skills."
"Do you have any specific questions about our program?"
"what do you consider your greatest weakness?"
"Why do you want to come to New York?"
""I'm going to read the following statement to you, and tell me what it means: College is the new high school." - I said that it can symbolize how the Master's degree is the new bachelors. It is getting tougher and tougher to differentiate yourself in such a growingly competitive world. - I also earned my Master's earlier that year and thought that's why he might have asked me that question."
"Do you know someone from the School?"
"If you caught your best friend cheating during an exam, what would you do? (ethical question)"
"what do i do for fun"
"Do you think you will adjust to New York living?"
"The moral question (something like "did you ever do anything morally ambiguous?""
"Tell me about (two upper division, non-science electives)."
"You have alumni at this school, why not attend there?"
"Describe a time when you had a difficult course and what you did to handle it."
"N/A"
"None really."
"So what do you think i want to know about you? I was like umm well you probably might want to know things that arent in my application.... lol"
"Tell me about your study abroad."
"Have you saw our website?"
"Can you live in New York? (I am OOS)"
"Are you self motivated?"
"Is it going to be difficult for you to be away from home?"
"all pretty standard."
"Do your parents support your decision to come here? Are they going to be okay without you?"
"Is Oral Surgery more scientific than General Dentistry?"
"Tell about some patient , or unique experience with the patient that you remember ?"
"What do you do for fun in NYC?"
"Would you like to live in the city?"
"What interests you about dentistry?"
"How was your study-abroad experience?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"he really didn't ask me many questions. it was very short."
"You have a very good score in part 1 and then he waited for me to comment."
"Ethical situation"
"because i know 4 diff languages , he ask me how would you say in all of them "good morning" lol"
"Standard."
"Where do you want to practice?"
"Are you going to find your husband in dental school?"
"how many people work in the dental clinic you shadowed at"
"why didnt you become a musician"
"Some people say that endodontists will not be necessary in 10 years due to the effectiveness of implants, do you feel they are right or wrong and why?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"honestly, I wasn't really asked anything too extraordinary"
"Nothing too difficult or interesting"
"Tell me about you as a student, especially in the sciences."
"Are you a Yankee's fan?"
"Nothing I haven't heard before."
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"What other careers have you considered?"
"Are you good at multitasking?"
"Explain from a patient's perspective how you felt about having braces and describe the feeling of having them put on and removed"
"What was the most interesting question you have gotten from other interviews? And, what was your response?"
"Why NYU vs. the other schools as opposed to just straight out why NYU. "
"do you have a green card? how are you planning on paying dental school?"
"Strength"
"Talk about the classes you are taking or are going to take next semester, they are interesting. (Non hard science courses)"
"what can you do for NYU?"
"explain low grades"
"Why did I not want to be a pilot? (I'm scared of heights, otherwise it would be awesome)"
"What are your study habits and do you think they will work at NYUCD?"
"What was the hardest thing you ever did?"
"Where do you see yourself ranked in this school? "
"none it was more of a regular conversation, not like a typical interview would be. I really liked it though. "
"I am a nontraditional student with a very strong music background (went to a conservatory and got my bachelor's and master's in music), so my interviewer mostly asked me about my musical life and why I chose dentistry. The conversation just flowed from there. "
"-"
"They asked me about a dental procedure (if you included procedures you observed in your application, be prepared to explain them)"
"What aspects of dentistry dont you like?"
"What are your study skills?"
"Would you be interested in research?"
"Ethics question."
"To explain a dental procedure."
"Tell me an ethical dilema."
"how could you treat someone who had 8 cavities but I couldn't afford to fill all 8...what would I do?"
"which museums i was going to visit in NYC?"
"would my husband move with me"
"What kind of models do you build?"
"Last movie you've seen?"
"nothing"
"What kinds of questions did you get at other interviews?"
"He asked me about all the other schools I applied to and why I would choose NYU over my state school or some of the other NY schools."
"Is ur mother doctor? Yeah! I got this question so many times! My mother has PhD in linguistics graduated from Moscow University in Russia. Her nickname is Natasha~~"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"How would you handle Dschool and living in NYC?"
"questions based on my application"
"Least Favorite Class?"
"Where is the best japanese ramyun place that you like? "
"Tell me when you've had an ethical dilemma"
"He didn't ask me any questions."
"Did you think that because you had a high GPA that you didn't have to do well on the DAT?"
"You applied to so many schools which is a good thing, but why dental schools and not medical schools?"
"What do you think about the dental and nursing school merger?"
"Explain this portion of your application"
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"Can you survive in NYC?"
"What can you bring to dentistry?"
"How does construction work relate to dentistry?"
"An ethical situation you've been in."
"Tell me about your siblings and their careers."
"Describe how your life would be like in 10 years from 8 am - 5 pm."
"none. "
"When did you have to make an ethical decision that changed your life?"
"Do you consider yourself to be trustworthy?"
"Describe a situation where you had to make an ethical decision."
"Have you been to any plays on Broadway?"
"Why the hell did you apply so late?"
"If we gave you an acceptance to our program, how sure would you be to attend this Fall?"
"what do you think how your children would if you get in future?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"Why Nyu? Talk about ur volunteer experience."
"Are you sure you want to be a dentist...(third time asking)"
"What do you feel is the future of dentistry?"
"Are you the first in your family to apply to professional school?"
"How was your time in the Boy Scouts?"
"Did you write the DAT?...where are your marks?"
"I talked about how the dental office i work at is super busy so she followed up with a question about whether i thought it was busy because a lot of unnecessary procedures were done or because of another factor. then she followed up with "how do you feel about cosmetic dentistry?""
"How do you handle stress?"
"I was only asked about 50 questions, each dealing nothing with dentistry."
"How did you do so well on the DAT?"
"I was really shocked that I wasn't really asked very difficult questions...he really only asked me three or four questions, we talked more about where I was staying and what good restaurants were around."
"What's the one subject on the DAT that you think has the most direct correlation to students’ success in dental school?"
"if you could could change something about yourself, what would it be"
"do you have any social activities since your scores are very outstanding. score your social activities and the effort you put on academic work"
"nothing out of ordinary"
"Nothing out of the ordinary"
"Why NYU?"
"What is something that would disappoint you about a dental school if you were to find out?"
"REally, the interviewer did most of the talking, like 80%, so it was pretty-stress free."
"What would you do if you didn't get into dental school?"
"What was the last movie you watched?"
"Why dental school?"
"Why you?"
"when you starve, what goes to your brain? -> ketone body where does ketone body come from? -> Amino Acids and Fats"
"Have you ever had to make an ethical decision?... Elaborate"
"Why did you choose dentistry over medicine?"
"If you get accepted into NYU and a state school which one would you go to?"
"why u had C in this class"
"What was the most honorable thing you have ever done?"
"So... Why dentistry?"
"none"
"What don't you like about the dental profession?"
"what did you do for new years?"
"nothing really, seems like they have the same set of questions for everybody. make sure you can explain some questionable parts of your application, if any, such as DAT or GPA, etc"
"Why dentistry?"
"Would the move from Ca be positive for my wife (YES...many locations for her school)."
"Well, for my situation, I am opting to finish the 90 credit option. Therefore, if I get in, it will be after two years of college. So his question was: Why so fast?"
"do you think you would have trouble adjusting to NY life"
"Were you satisfied with your DAT scores?"
"If you did not get into dental school, what would you ask of the tooth fairy???"
"Tell me about the most difficult a moral decision you had to make in your life."
"Why do you want to become a dentist more than anything else?"
"Why do you like New York City"
"Nothing. They were the standard interview questions."
"What was my least favorite class?"
"nothing too interesting...everything was just basic interview type questions"
"what is your back up plan incase you dont get accepted?"
"What REALLY is the difference between medicine and dentistry? Do you REALLY know the nitty gritty of the daily life of a dentist?"
"Are you applying for financial aid? "
"why dentistry?...cuz he commented on my answer...and told me what he thought."
"----"
"Are you ready to study like hell?"
"See below"
"what is the worst thing you have done "
"would u like a cup of coffee with me after the interview!!"
"Why didnt you retake your DAT?"
"How did u cope with the dental course in your country? Was it very difficult for you?"
"none really"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"If you were a dentist and you had a real terrible patient and he asked you how he was as a patient what would you say?"
"summarize your essay to me"
"nothing. Everything was pretty straight to the point."
"Nothing other than the person giving the interview was funny. Its about the only positive thing I have to say."
"If a patient you didnt like asked you if you thought they were a good patient, what would you say?"
"What is your thought on plagiarism?"
"If your friend chose a suit which you didnt like at all and he asked you if you liked it, and your friend already told you how much he loves the suit, how would you respond?"
"nothing particularly out of normal. maybe the question, why NYU but DESPITE the fact that it's in NY. "
"What is your perspective on plagarism?"
"Will you call your mother tonight? (Didn't really understand what he meant by that)"
"where else have you applied to?"
"If you found a bag full of cash with no name on it what would you do?"
"They denied the fact that they fail people to kick them out. When I asked the same question to a 2nd year student. S/he said the truth that they did kick people out for many different reason. "
"what do you really like about dentistry? I mean what is it about dentistry that you realllyyyyyyy like?"
"If you could get into any dental school which would it be? If someone was hosting a dinner in your honor and in front of all the guest asked you what you thought of the food and if in reality you don't like the food what would you say?"
"I was asked about my undergraduate's cheating policy. "
"he asked why dentistry, and followed that by saying that my answer could have been for anything.and he asked me what specifically interested me in the field and at what moment did i know this was the right field for me."
"MY NEGATIVE SIDE AND MY POSITYVE SIDE"
"Nothing really interesting was asked. I tutor at a high school in the Bronx and the interview began with the interviewer asking me about it and it turned out his daughter graduated from the high school I tutor at."
"Do you think everyone is likeable? "
"If I were a patient and I asked you if you liked me, but you really didn't like me what would you say?"
"Why NYU? Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"are u gonna have a arranged marriage?"
"What speciality would you pursue, if you were going to do so?"
"Are you married and was it arranged or a love marriage?"
"nothing special really"
"when did you graduate?"
""If I was the dental school admissions God and I could touch you and put you in any dental school except NYU, where would you want to go?" (Yeah, I got that guy too. He is very nice and open). "
"How would you describe the dentist whom you volunteered for?"
"If a patient asked you "am I a good patient?" how would you respond?"
"nothing out of the ordinary...just the same ol same ol"
"usual questions"
"So... you had an uncle that went to NYU?"
"why dentistry and not medicine (over and over again)? what are your weak points and strengths? why did you apply to only the schools that you did?"
"Do you talk to your mother? Who advises you?"
"would you like to come with me to get a cup of coffee?"
"How do you study?"
"Name an experience where you had to struggle to overcome an obstacle, that you are now proud of."
"If I was the fairy of dental admissions and I told you I could get you in anywhere...except NYU because they filled up last week....where would you want to go? Also...does your mother work? "
"All the questions I was asked were pretty much typical for all dental school interviews. ( i.e. "why dentistry?", "why NYU?", etc..)"
"What are you most proud of?"
"How old are you?"
"What the F@#$ happened to you in undergrad? (absolutely truth)"
"What role does meritocracy play in dentistry?"
"Why do you want to be a dentist? He shot down the answers in my app and asked me really why."
"What do I know about the NYU programs (?)"
"None.. I guess the ethical question?"
"Why did you take the DAT twice?"
"what do you think will be a challenge for you in dental school"
"Critique yourself"
"What is an obstacle you had to face and how did you overcome it? Not counting a school test"
"The moral question (something like "did you ever do anything morally ambiguous? What happened?"). I sat there thinking and couldn't come up with an answer, but I still got accepted."
"I didn't think any were particularly hard."
"What is a crisis that happened to you and how did it effect you?"
"What was one of your academic achievement/accomplishment?"
"None were too difficult, they were all on SDN."
"What is a negative factor about nyu?"
"What was the greatest challenge of your undergraduate career?"
"Nothing difficult. Very standard questions."
"If you could choose any school to go to which would you pick? (...say NYU)"
"Are you religious?"
"None were difficult. I just blanked out a little when he asked to tell him about myself, wasn't sure if he wanted to hear about my character/personality or my life story..."
"What have you read about our university on our website, that attracts you , apart from it being , huge, and alot of patient exposure , and being located in manhattan.. ( i thought, whole of my answer was covered in the question itself ..lol )"
"Tell me about the research you did."
"What would you do if you could not go to dental school?"
"What interests you about dentistry?"
"What is your favorite class? (They then start talking about your major to make sure you know info on the subject.)"
"What are you going to do during your gap year?"
"Nothing tough, but I was caught kind of off guard when my first question was to tell him something about myself that is not in my app."
"How would you handle conflict (NYU is a diverse school with people of many different backgrounds?"
"After you leave I have to write a recommendation for the adcom on this sheet. What's the one thought you want to leave in my head as I do that?"
"All usual que. , nothing difficult."
"Out of all the applications why should we pick you?"
"when he ask about procedures , he ask me a brand name of filling materials we r using :)) i think he just wanna make sure if that true or not"
"How old I was when I passed high school? I have to calculate infront of him."
"When he told me to consider taking an extra year of science courses so I would be a "star" and not struggle my first year. I got in but, Im not going to NYU. Not for me."
"There were no difficult questions. The interviewer was mostly trying to convince me to go to NYU."
"[Since this interview was closed-file, it was hard to answer the questions because the interviewer wanted to get to know ME, not my scores/accomplishments.]"
"Why did you do bad one semester?"
"can you diagram the aldol dehydration synthesis on this board here? jkjk!! all the questions are covered on sdn"
"what is your greatest strength? and your greatest weakness?"
"Tell me about your weaknesses."
"What do you think of plagiarism?"
"What happened to your DAT score?"
"Why Dentistry? Although not a difficult question, however the interviewer cut down my answer piece by piece as completely wrong. "
"Why Dentistry? An easy question but made exceedingly difficult to answer when the admissions officer continues to cut down your answer as false."
"What was the most difficult subject for you?"
"The first question...it just caught me a little off guard. Especially since basically everything relevant was in my application."
"What do you know about NYU, What can you bring to NYU?"
"What can you bring to NYU"
"Which schools have offered you interviews? How would you compare their curriculum to NYU? "
"if you had something to change about yourself, what would it be?"
"Ethical Situation"
"What will you bring to NYU?"
"none, it was a conversation."
"explain low grades"
"Asked me if I knew how much a crown costs in NYC. From Charlotte and the most expensive crown I have seen was $1,200. NYC they can get up to $1,800!!!"
"I answered the strength and weakness question and then he says tell me something different everybody says that!"
"None, it was pretty much just a conversation. Nothing to stress over :)"
"Why dentistry as oppose to ....?"
"i had no difficult questions"
"Ethical dilemma"
"most recent good deed..."
"Ethical situation, I suppose."
"Your grades are good and your DAT is good too did you send your application late? he was wondering why did I get a late interview."
"asked how my faith integrated into being a dentist (I put on my application that I was a sunday school teacher)"
"Why did you get a C in Ochem?"
"Tell me about an ethical dilemma you were involved with and how did you deal with it?"
"weakness and strength"
"Strengths/weaknesses"
"none were particularly hard"
"Overall my interviewer was really laid back and it was so casual. Spent most of the time talking about things we got side tracked on. Really led a good conversation and made me feel comfortable. Gave me feedback when he liked my answers instead of the stone cold face I received at other schools"
"Nothing very hard. Very laid back!"
"Nothing special. In this interview, they focused on my weak area in my application. I heard my answers were satisfactory & enough!! "
"None..."
"Where are you planning on practicing? (I'm international, so this was tough)"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Strengths and Weaknesses"
"None were difficult. Know yourself, be familiar with the school and what they have to offer, and make sure that they're convinced you would be willing to move to NYC and go to school there."
"What if you don't get in this year...would you apply again next year? "
"Why did you do so much better on your second DAT?"
"He didn't ask me any questions."
"What can you tell me about the profession other than dentistry? (This was only difficult because it took me a second to realize that he wanted me to tell him about the business side of the profession) "
"Nothing really hard. My interviewer was a female faculty and she was very easy. The questions were really typical. I guess it depends on who interview you. I was scared because my interview was the shortest out of 12 students who were there (10 mins). I didn't know it was a good thing or not because some students there had a 60 mins interview. I guess I was lucky. "
"n/a"
"What is an ethical dilemma that you have faced and how did you deal with it?"
"Why NYU?"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"How would you handle New York?"
"An ethical situation you've been in."
"Describe an ethical situation you have been in."
"Tell me about yourself. my least favorite question."
"none."
"Tell me both positive and negative sides about yourself. "
"nothing difficult"
"Do you consider yourself to be trustworthy?"
"Describe a situation where you had to make an ethical decision."
"How will you do in this big city?"
"Nothing difficult: but i was asked: Why dentistry? What was the most challenging course you had taken in your undergraduate studies and why? How do you study?"
"What's the latest news you've been reading about NYU?"
"what was the most difficult subject for you in your BDS?and why"
"Nothing too difficult mostly conversational"
"None...it was a general conversation."
"why do you want to be a dentist?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why aren't you going to be finishing up your PhD?"
"have you ever been involed in a situation regarding cheating?"
"Why would you want to attend NYU? (this is not hard, but after I said all kinds of good things about the school, he said those are not really true. Then it became hard.)"
"Are you planning to retake the DAT?"
"What program are you interested in?"
"What can you bring to NYU?"
"Why did you get a "C" in this class (really an easy question, but it was the most difficult)"
"Tell me one thing that separate you from the rest of the applicants."
"Why dentistry and not medicine"
"tell me something about your weekness"
"tell me about yourself"
"The strength and weakness question. (I try not to be P.C. with the perfectionist answer that they probably hear 99% of the time)"
"None were very difficult...very conversational interview."
"Nothing unexpected. It was very conversational."
"How did you recover from a disappointing grade?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into dental school?"
"Have you ever been in a situation where you had to make an ethical decision regarding cheating?"
"Why dental school?"
"nothing unexpected"
"If you are admitted, what can you bring to NYU? You have to answer it "you have to accept me because""
"Really didn't ask me much more than 1 or 2 questions. He did all the talking, honestly... I had to fight to get a word in."
"Do you have any questions?"
"why u had C in this class"
"What was the most honorable thing you have done?"
"Why dentistry, realistically speaking."
"why dentistry, not medicine?"
"What specifically caused low grades received in certain courses? "
"have you ever had to make an ethical decision?"
"none"
"Name an ethical situation that came up in your life that you had to deal with."
"describe experience that changed you"
"Explain a bad grade...."
"Why my grade was so low in a certain class"
"Tell me about the most difficult a moral decision you had to make in your life."
"What do you REALLY love about dentistry?"
"Any question, because every reponse was turned into a negative by the interviewer."
"all were equally difficult"
"Tell me about yourself....I did well but I just hate this question"
"What was the most difficult decision I have made based on ethics and morals?"
"You look like you can be successful in whatever field you enter. Why dentistry?"
"Why did you get a C in physics"
"nothing"
"don't want to say:):):"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Bio101 - what was that class about? NO JOKE. it wasn't difficult, i guess it really threw me off -- sort of the theme of the interview"
"why do you think you can handle dental school?"
"do u think getting married is an advantage or disadvantage for u in terms of joining dental school."
"Why didnt you retake your DAT?"
"Give a strength and a weakness."
"none of the questions were difficult"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"what was your favorite class "
"It is an open-file interview. I was asked about my weakness in certain subjects. Asked why I retook the DAT. "
"It was converational"
"If a patient you didnt like asked you if you thought they were a good patient, what would you say?"
"same as the interesting one..."
"Do you have any questions for me? I was being asked many times during the interview."
"What is your perspective on plagarism?"
"nothing all basic"
"Nothing at all. All the questions were easy to answer."
"any problems you've had in school that you would want to talk about"
"What past event in your life do you have an ethical regret about? The interviewer threw this question out after he read it."
"NIL"
"the ones from the "interesting question" section"
"What is my most challenging class?"
"what happened to your grades in 2 certain classes?"
"DISCRIBE MY NEGATIVE SIDE"
"Nothing difficult was really asked. The interview was more like him and I generally conversing. It lasted a really long time (around 90 minutes) and it went by relatively smoothly. I just found out I was accepted today so I believe that the laid-back tone during the interview had a big part to play. I guess the most difficult question was "You mention a lot of reasons for wanting to pursue dentistry that can also be said about being a teacher, what specifically sets dentistry apart from that?""
"-"
"Strengths? Weaknesses? "
"if u get into all the school which one would u pick?"
"Have you ever worked or shadowed a dentist at a private practice? If so, what part of it did you like/dislike about it?"
"Why is it that you chose your career at an early age?"
"Did you apply to any other schools?"
"Nothing really"
"If I were the dental school admissions fairy and I could get you into any dental school except NYU, where would you go and why???"
"No difficult questions were posed."
"None were difficult"
"nothing too difficult"
"Through your work experience, what have you noticed working in a dental setting?"
"what are your weak points and strengths?"
"What are your strengths and your weaknesses"
"what is your number one choice for dental school?"
"Name one strength and one weakness that you have."
"Name a weakness and give an example. "
"No questions were hard."
"I see your PAT score is low--can you explain that?"
"Do you like my tie?"
"SDN, Youtube, rehearsing (but not memorizing) answers to all the generic interview questions"
"Know your application"
"videos, and SDN"
"SDN, DAT Bootcamp Interview Facebook page"
"Reviewed possible questions online."
"website research, mock interviews"
"Mock interviews"
"Free mock interviews through college"
"Practice answers to standard questions (ie. why dental school? tell me about yourself., explain the negative point on your application)"
"SDN predental."
"I used survey results from here and compiled a master question file based on previous questions here and then predicted possible questions based on my application."
"SDN, NYUCD website, NYU student blog, Youtube dental student Vlogs"
"SDN Forums, SDN Interview Feedback, NYU web site."
"review SDN"
"SDN Forum/ Mock Interview session at my university"
"Read websites, sdn forums"
"SDN feedback, school website, online videos"
"SDN interview feedback, studied school's website"
"interview feedback, school website"
"went over the basic questions"
"Asked a friend who had already interviewed with them. Read all the possible interview questions in SDN. Thought about the weaknesses in my application and how to explain it to them."
"From Seniors, Batchmates, Alot from SDN ..."
"Read the website, and sdn"
"think of everything they could possibly ask & weave a coherent narrative you can adapt to any question."
"iprepdental, SDN"
"sdn, nyucd website"
"read up on the school, read up on common interview questions"
"reviewed my app and just be myself."
"Looked on here and read things from their website about their specific school."
"Research questions and type answers and go over them over and over again."
"SDN + NUY website+ all tips that i found it in the internet, i believe that bc i was prepared well , i was able to answer all questions very quickly which impressed a person who was interviewing me."
"From SDN interview feedback section"
"INtreview feedback."
"student doctor interview feedback"
"I read half of an interview book during the plane ride the night before."
"SDN, school's website"
"SDN and schools website"
"read info about the school"
"Surfed NYU.edu + SDN."
"Read up on the school, asked students from SDN about past interview experiences"
"Review web site, student viewbook Rehearse answers to generic questions"
"Read up on the school, re-read my essay, researched different sites."
"SDN, other interviews."
"SDN, past interviews."
"SND, application"
"SDN, reviewed application, reviewed school's website, formulated questions"
"SDN, which was great. I was suprised at how accurate everything was"
"SDN, school research"
"AADSAS Apps and personal statement. Check out interview questions from career services websites of other schools. "
"I reviewed my application, the NYUCD website, and practiced interviewing with a friend (it was my first interview)"
"sdn, aadsas"
"SDN, NYUCD website, Sopranos DVD collection"
"sdn, read over application, practice questions"
"Website, SDN, mock interviews"
"mock interviews, nyu website, sdn"
"sdn, website, interviewing books, practicing with friends."
"Read over my application, personal statement, journal I kept at an internship, and NYU website. Wrote out answers to most commonly asked interview questions"
"Read SDN, NYU's website/videos, reviewed my app."
"Looked over the website (visual tours). "
"website, interview feedback, sdn"
"SDN, school website; nothing I read in interview feedback or on other websites I googled came up in my interview, but I think it's because there was so much about my previous career to talk about... this won't be the case for most people. "
"SDN, My application and the website"
"SDN, mock interviews, read application"
"SDN interview feedback section"
"Reading my AADSAS application, SDN, asking friends at NYU, mock interview with my boyfriend"
"SDN, googled interview questions and practiced"
"read and watched the videos on the website, read my aadsas application and essay, mock interview"
"SDN; mock interviews; read their website"
"winged it..."
"SDN, Personal statement"
"Read up on the website and SDN."
"SDN, school videos"
"read everything on NYU's webpage and watched every video posted about NYUCD."
"website, sdn, friends, etc"
"sdn interview feedback"
"sdn, online, school website"
"SDN feedback"
"SDN, school website and brochures, read over my application and personal statement"
"study SDN"
"Read SDN feedback and watched all the videos on NYU's website"
"sdn, watched video online"
"SDN interview feedback, watched two of the online videos on NYU website, and asked my friends about their experiences there."
"SDN, re-read AADSAS application"
"SDN, school website, my application"
"NYU website, SDN feedbacks"
"SDN feedback, NYU website, etc."
"SDN, read through the website."
"reading all the Q's on the SDN inty database and having answers for each"
"SDN interview feedback, NYUCD website, my application"
"This Site"
"Reading SDN interview feedback posts and nyucd website. "
"This forum"
"SDN Interview Feedback. I reviewed my AADSAS application. I printed out everything available on their website. I watched the video presentations and read recent news articles. I also sent a D1 friend there a bunch of questions via e-mail."
"Application and NYU website"
"SDN, my aadsas application, and the school website. I recommend to read the students viewbook under publication of the school website. There is also the virtual tour on the website also, it is really helpful to watch it."
"sdn, school's website, aadsas"
"sdn, nyu website, my application"
"sdn, schools' website (read it in and out)"
"sdn, NYUCD website, application"
"SDN, School website, application"
"sdn, virtual tour on nyucd website."
"sdn"
"SDN, looked over application, NYU website"
"Winged it"
"sdn and the nyu website"
"I didn't... I just winged it. And it worked fine. "
"SDN, school website"
"SDN, reading school's website"
"Website, SDN info"
"SDN, my personal statement and AADSAS app. and NYUCD's website."
"Read every interview feedback entry. Researched the school's website and other dental journals that had mentioned the school."
"SDN + Website"
"SDN, read over my research, and school website..."
"Sdn,Nyu website(it is a must ,u really need to know wat the school has to offer that shows u r keen on the school),went thru my SOP N RESUME."
"School website"
"SDN, www.nyu.edu/dental"
"Went out drinking the night before"
"Read over notes of my accomplishments etc. Nothing too crazy"
"i went through this website and copied and pasted all the questions and answered them for myself. there were a few questions which i made sure i perfected such as why dentistry, why NYU, why did you switch from medicine to dentistry, tell me about yourself and why should we pick you. I also read over my application."
"School's website, talked to current D1 students"
"student doctor"
"SDN, Mock Interview"
"SDN. AADSAS."
"Online tour of school, SDN, looked over my application"
"SDN interview feedback school pre-health interview questionairs"
"read over personal statement, school website"
"read the discussion forums, and NYU website "
"SDN & school website"
"Read up on NYU (website), interview feedback, read over my application."
"SDN, read about NYU, mock interview, read personal statement and applicaton."
"sample questions, random review book, review app/essay"
"SDN, NYU website"
"SDN and read the school's website"
"NYU website."
"SDN, virtual tour on NYU website, and got there early... GOOD things happen when your early! Believe me"
"Didn't really."
"NYU website"
"SDN, their website"
"Dental Interview Books at Borders, SDN, Wrote down questions and practiced them, reviewed my application (look for faults and try to explain them)"
"SDN interview feedback (it helped)."
"Read SDN, interviewed myself"
"this website"
"Answered questions from SDN."
"internet, aadsas app"
"sdn, school's website, honestly, no need to be prepared, just be yourself, fakeness and learned monologues are annoying and can be seen a mile away. "
"Drink tons of green tea."
"SDN, reviewed my info"
"Read SDN, spoke to people who had past interviews, practiced by looking into mirror, thought of answers and repeated their ideas and shared my answers with others."
"SDN, nothing much"
"SDN, NYUCD website, practiced some questions out loud"
"studentdoctor.net, thought thoroughly about answers to potential questions"
"Practiced with friends, previous interviews, read my essays and application."
"I looked at review books and this website"
"School website, SDN."
"SDN website, personal statement, simulating interview conditions with my friend(s)"
"SDN...personal statement...school website"
"Read my personal info/statement, and knew it well"
"Read this site"
"NYU website, SDN"
"Looked over my overall application, CV, NYU website, and SDN"
"i didnt --> used my past interview experience"
"sdn, nyucd viewbook"
"STD.NET"
"Previous interviews, SDN "
"SDN, reaschool site & catalogs. "
"This website and school's"
"spoke to the students,read SDN site,went thru the NYU official web site."
"student doctor, talking to my brother that goes there"
"Reviewed App; Reviewed SDN Qs"
"studentdoctor.net and the school's website"
"Reviewed NYU website, read SDN responses, did a comparison analysis of NYU to other schools, etc."
"practice answers SD"
"sdn, website, google, previous research done at NYU"
"Read this website"
"looked at their website, practiced questions"
"looked over my application and essay"
"this wesite and reading up on the school. also reading my personal statements"
"www.studentdoctor.net "
"website, book, sdn"
"SDN, Read over my PS. "
"studentdoctor.net, school's website"
"studentdoctor.net, website, talking to my friend and his friends that go to school there"
"studentdoctor.com"
"web-site"
"SDN, Website"
"SDN & website"
"i read every nyu interview response, printed out the questions, and practiced answering them to other people."
"IN SOME WEBSIDES AND ASKING FRIENDS"
"Read over interview feedbacks, went to the school website, knew my information about the school really well, reviewed research I had done in the past (was asked about it in detail)."
"Went through my SOP, CV etc and SDN."
"SDN; Talked to students and alumni who went to NYU; Talked to a few dentists; Talked to Amy Knowles"
"sdn***************"
"Looked over their website and review of my application"
"SDN,school website,Statement of purpose"
"SDN,School website"
"SDN, went through the NYU site,visited the school and resume."
"Went over my application. SDN. Looked at the school website."
"Read SDN and the school's webpage."
"website, brochures, current students"
"read over my application, NYU's website, and SDN"
"SDN....just thought about stuff in my application."
"just practiced the usuals: "why dentistry" "why our school""
"read online school information "
"studentdoctor.net, read the nyu info on website, talked to my uncle that goes to NYU"
"reviewed what NYU had in terms of clinical offerings. looked at school's history, past and present. be able to talk about new york politics and sports."
"looked on sdn, school website..i had visited the school a few times before so i knew a bit about the program."
"nothing really... was just going to the school to see what it was all about."
"StudentDoctor.net"
"SDN, looked at school's website"
"read the school's web site and used the internet to find typical questions asked."
"Read the school's website and looked up some info. from past interviews on SDN."
"SDN and past experiences"
"I flew to the site, wore a suit, and showed-up. There were about 12 of us present for interviews that day."
"nothing, just be yourself"
"Resources"
"The research facility looked super advanced"
"The technology"
"breakfast"
"The facilities, the interview (best format I’ve had so far), the student ambassadors that gave the tour were very friendly and informational"
"Beautiful building ; Decent facilities; Honesty about the cost of living in NYC with recommendations about where to live;"
"podcasts, clinics, welcoming atmosphere, new building"
"New building"
"The new building is beautiful"
"Interview was held in a brand new building. Beautiful. Huge lecture hall in old building. Free lunch at school cafe after interview. Students were very honest about the program."
"The interviewer. He was gruff and curmudgeonly, which ironically I get along with (me = bubbly and perky). He clearly spent some time at NYU, loved the city and the school, and wanted to find someone who might fall in love with NYU as well. I like faculty who care about their students, and he communicated that most faculty *do* care, even with the number of students -- but students need to take the initiative to contact professors."
"I felt that my interviewer had thoroughly scrutinized my application and really knew me before I got there. I also felt extremely welcomed by the students who walked and lunched with us in addition to the staff and faculty members."
"interview staff was really nice, they wash your lab coats for you"
"All of the lectures are recorded and posted online in podcasts. You start getting clinical exposure during your first semester of D2."
"Friendliness of staff and dental students"
"The new facilities, the resources. The students seemed to like being there and wanted to help each other out."
"Dr. Mejia is very nice and told me to relax while I was sitting there waiting for the interview"
"Diversity of the faculty and student body, facilities, and the lunch was AMAZING. Ate so much, even got to bring stuff for the ride home"
"people were really kind and open minded"
"Free food! lol"
"Friendly students and faculty. Very open during Q&A. Large clinics"
"Location, cultural diversity"
"Friendly"
"Very nice facilities"
"They had an interesting program, the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture where they administered free dental care."
"the fact that they have paid actors (which is really unique to dental schools) come and sit as "patients" with varieties of personalities/fears so that students can learn to respond more professionally and effectively. interesting idea."
"facilities, enthusiasm amongst the faculty and students. everything is top notch at this school."
"Very laid back, conversational interview. He was not trying to get me to mess up. He told me right away the interview would not be hard it was just a way for them to know me beyond what was written on paper, to see if I had a personality."
"The interview was laid back, and it seemed like they were really looking for a good fit rather than having interviewees try to impress you. I liked that the students seemed enthusiastic."
"The faculty are fantastic."
"The dean and faculty really seemed to care about their students."
"Almost everything .. Atmosphere is pretty awesome ! Interviewers really try to make you comfortable, and put you at ease... They want your real answers, not your nervous answers.."
"The general laid-back nature of the interview, and the school's facilities."
"The nice facilities, and the impressive building."
"Friendliness of the staff. An old old old gent started talking to me on the elevator and he didn't even know I was there for an interview."
"Research labs, LOCATION"
"Friendliness"
"The size and the resources that the school has"
"The extensive resource and great facility"
"The students and faculty seemed very friendly and happy."
"100% board passing rate for past two years"
"nice facilities, up to date technology, and easy to get patients"
"the positive aura in the school"
"Interviewer was easy to talk to. State of the art facilities. Food was yummy. The location of NYU is amazing."
"School is in a neat location. Faculty was very nice."
"The interviewer was very nice!!"
"Not much......"
"The personalized attention given the large class size"
"Dr.Eugenia E. Mejia,variety of dental facilities, simulation laboratory, a lot of patients, warm welcoming by doctors and students and the amazing "Bluestone Center for Clinical Research" wich is working 24/7"
"Big college, good clinical facilities & dedicated faculty."
"Facilities were NICE- WOW! Pretty spacious for nyc. And the dean was really cool and honest. Fin aid was friendly too. The food was awesome!"
"Great facilities"
"The facilities and location were very nice. The clinical research center was very nice."
"Gorgeous school, 100% passing rate on the boards, takes 7 years to pay off loan."
"rosenthal institute of aesthetics"
"awesome laid back guy"
"Great facilities, very friendly staff."
"The interview lunch!"
"Great facilties! Great new research center! Brand new cosmetic dentistry site~ LOCATION!!!!!!"
"the genuinely optimistic, caring attitude of the dental staff members who we met in the clinics"
"Other people interviewing"
"May sound repetitive but the school really is everything you could think of and more. Everything is new, advanced and gorgeous."
"diversity, sim lab and NYC"
"The building was nice and the lunch was very generous."
"The facilities were nice, esp. the new wings for post-grad programs. They have the honors specialty program for top students. The school is among the better situated urban campuses. Nice dorms"
"The number of patients and the facilities. Everyone were very friendly."
"The school itself was really nice. It almost looked like spa with all the interior decor. The facilities were nice and its in NYC which is the biggest draw for me. The dean was also really nice and kind of quirky. He was definitely the most memorable dean I've seen thus far (this was my 5th interview)."
"Everyone was so nice, esp Dr. Mejia"
"Facilites top notch. "
"The facility "
"The facilities were nicer than I expected and the administration and faculty members were really friendly. I loved the busy feeling inside the school - patients need to go through the elevator system to get to the clinics so you are often passing them in the hallways. The class size seemed like a real positive in my eyes, giving the opportunity to make connections and meet lots of new people. "
"very friendly people"
"The school's facilities are top of the line."
"I didn't know how much I would really like NYU, and after seeing it and actually being there, I REALLY liked it. Its very busy and exciting, A LOT of patients and students. They also may be changing some of their requirements for graduation to promote a more ethical environment, that was cool."
"school's facilities are great, faculty was nice, students were cool. High board scores (I think #7 in US)"
"Facilities and NYC"
"faculty, dr. mejia, facilities, area"
"area, clinics, nice people interviewing"
"The facilities; most of the students there that we passed on our tour said hi, good luck, and joke around. Everyone seemed proud/happy to be there."
"Everything looks brand new!! The waiting area for patients looked like 4 stars hotel lobby."
"the school is really nice, you could definitely where the money is going. i would go there if I get accepted. Clinics are spotless, lot's of hands on experience, faculty was also very nice and genuine. "
"Everything"
"Dr. Mejia! Also the facilities are really nice."
"The school is absolutely cutting edge in all aspects, the newly renovated 2nd floor oral surgery clinic, over 98% board passing rate, top instructors from all over the country, the dean of the school spoke to us."
"They seem very organize despite the craziness of everything going on. Dr. Mejia had to go to a conference but wouldnt want to leave until she felt she left everything organized. I am very greatfull that I was allowed to bring my boyfriend and aunt along for the tour. :)"
"Friendliness of faculty and students, Location, Facilities were state-of-the-art and basically brand new."
"the clinics were amazing and the current students were very excited"
"facilities are NICE! students there are great and love the school. Dr. Mejia is awesome and very caring, even with class sizes of 230 she still knows students by name! They spend money on the dental program to have the best resources. The food there is AMAZING =D. "
"nice facilities, bright colors, they make up for the fact that every floor has pretty much the same layout and there is little natural light in some areas. "
"Facility, location, people"
"Very big school, newly remodeled, location in Lower Manhattan."
"The facility, I liked NY city, The number of patients."
"The admissions staff (esp. Dr. Mejia) was so friendly. She answered everything honestly even questions about parties and clubs! The facilities are awesome - it's very luxurious, tons of patients, everything is hi-tech, modern. Lunch was delicious!"
"the building and its facilities!"
"beautiful facilities."
"location of school"
"Great location, great facilities"
"-State of the art facilities<br> -Great location and patient base"
"i got there at 7:30 (they said be there at 8am) and i interviewed at around 7:45! get there early and get the interview over with! everything was shiny!! (bluestone center, esp) the security in the building! the dean of the school came to take to our interview group and answered any questions we had. dr meija was awesome and very helpful with helping people figure out their subways/buses to get back to wherever students were very honest with us over lunch (lunch was delicious)"
"school facilities AND labs and clinics."
"Facilities are excellent! It's a great dental school!"
"The facilities are beautiful and very modern. It's a huge school but every floor I saw looked great, if a bit repetitive. They have all their own specialties in house and lots of research opportunities as well. The plastified anatomy labs sound like a great feature. NYU also does a good job crafting its public image to attract patients. "
"Dr. Mejia was very nice and made us feel like they were interested in us. Outreach and research opportunities."
"extremely nice interviewer"
"interviewer was very friendly, lots of opportunities at the school, "
"Dr. Mejia was great! She stayed with us for most of the day which says a lot. Most of the schools the director give a presentation and maybe a farewell and thats all you see of them. Tour guide was outgoing and made sure to talk when everyone was around and able to hear her not just in the halls when the from few could hear. Lunch was great!! (although I hadnt had breakfast and wish it would have been a little earlier to break up the day) "
"Facilities. Friendly atmosphere. NYC"
"i loved the school...all the rumors floating around SDN were proved to be WRONG!! didn't expect too much probably due to those rumors but the school was really good. i wish i get in!!!!"
"facility, location, happy students"
"The TOP FACILITY! The biggest dental building! AMAZING! Simply, the luxury dental school in NYC."
"Clinics were all being/have been updated, all students seemed very happy with their choice of attending NYU, many opportunities to get help with academics, Sim Labs and overall facilities were very nice. The surrounding location is very nice."
"facilities, the caf, the commons, openness of admin to questions, the willingness of admin to help students. did i mention the facilities?"
"very nice/new facilities, quick responsiveness of administration to students' concerns"
"the faculty members were all so nice. the school is nice and looks new. students seemed friendly. "
"It is actually a really nice school. Forget everything you have heard about NYU so far. Aside from the hefty price tag, the school is excellent"
"Clinical experience about the best you can get b/c no other school treats 250,000 patients/year!; Books are all on DVD, and lectures are recorded; No diessections in anatomy b/c the guy who plasticized cadavers for BODIES: THE EXHIBITION works at NYU and did the same thing for their cadavers; Actually have very good pt. 1 board scores over the last couple years and a LOW attrition rate; faculty are friendly (they sack the mean ones if students give bad reviews) and there is a good faculty to student ratio; despite the high number of students, the ones I talked to say that access to lab facilities or chair time is never a problem; students seem happy overall and recommended their school highly"
"The interviewers were really nice and sincere. Other candidates in the room were extremely nice and helpful. "
"Installations (W-O-W) Every other dental school you see after this will look like crap (I saw Pitt and Buffalo before this one...) The staff and faculty seemed VERY friendly."
"The facilities are amazingly nice. The locals are generally much nicer than the stereotypical New Yorkers you see in movies. "
"The facilities and how nice EVERYONE was in the school"
"The school size, the cutting-edge technology, the faculties and staffs were really friendly, location, the sim lab is amazing. "
"facilities! the best i have seen out of all the schools i have visited. the school is very well set up, with more than adequate chairs and patients. having such a huge class size can be a positive or negative, depending on the type of person. everyone seemed to be having a good time there."
"quality of facilities"
"the facilities are incredible. as someone else said, it looks like a hotel. the food in the cafeteria was great! and not expensive."
"A lot of research opportunities. Nice people. Great cafeteria! "
"Newly renovated facilities. "
"Very nice facilities, nice and friendly faculty, Dean was very enthusiastic"
"facilities, some faculty."
"great great facilities, happy students"
"The attitude and personality of my interviewer. She was so excited to be interviewing me and was really interested in what I had to say."
"really nice facilities, nice students"
"nothing at all"
"New facilities, enthusiastic students, HUGE faculty research, new dean, THE CITY"
"facility and friendly faculty"
"Facilities were almost completely renovated. Clinics, SIM-labs and pre-clinical areas were mint! Student tour was enthusiastic and they seemed to be happy to be there. I have heard a lot of negative things about NYU, but saw none of it during my time there. "
"Facilities, Dean of Academic Affairs, patient pool"
"The facilities are really nice, the building is beautiful, the food was amazing, and the student center is really cool too, the school gives you a great deal of opportunity, if you make the most of it the program could really suit you"
"very nice facilities. NYUCD seems to have a bad rep. but the facilites and faculty seem to be wonderful. I would go if accepted."
"Technology is top notch. Cafeteria, student lounge, lecture hall, and every other facility at NYU is new."
" FACULTIES PIONEER IN THIER FIELDS"
"The state of the art facilities"
"Upcoming renovations to the clinics, good place for aesthtic dentistry, and the surrounding area. Director of admissions was straightfourth."
"State of art pre dental labs,seminar rooms,enthusiastic and pleasent staff,n yeah the cafeteria is good too!!"
"The city, the facility."
"Director of Admissions was extremely enthusiastic and seemed to really care about us. Facilities were excellent, the clinics were bustling. "
"the facilities"
"The location, and the facilities. Almost everything is brand new. They are redoing every floor, with new facilities, and equipment. The plasiticized bodies for anatomy is a nice addition, the location is nice. "
"The school has been renovated and is gorgeous...new everything. The location is amazing, and the students seemed to be enjoying themselves."
"the people in the admissions office were SO nice! Everyone seemed helpful and friendly towards each other. The facilities at the school were also very nice. Also, although i did not get to explore NYC for very long, the few hours that i was out and about were fun and the city had so much energy! Also, i was happy to learn that so many of the bullshit rumors that this website spreads are untrue"
"The facility. The cafeteria. "
"Technology, students seem happy, plastinations, neighborhood not sketchy"
"How everything is so nice, but then again, that's where the 50k a year goes towards."
"how nice the school is, and how they use sooooooo much technology to help students."
"modern facilities"
"The facilities are very nice, two of the clinical floors had just been updated, and the other 2 are soon to follow."
"Friendly staff/faculty/students. The facility."
"facilities"
"everybody is very nice and kind. they've tried the best to not to stress the students"
"everyone was really nice and enthusiastic. we had lunch with some students, overall it was a positive experience"
"The interaction between the faculty and our tour guide was pretty refreshing. Granted he was the class president, but the faculties were cracking jokes and everyone appeared to enjoy the school. The facilities are pretty top notch. Also you get "Invisiline Certified" in your second year."
"The facilities, hands down - the best I have seen. "
"The facilities are top notch. They offer every single specialty. They have many outreach opportunities as well as research opportunities. "
"Being in NYC, nice building, research at school and availability of the aesthetic institute"
"Impressive facilities and how high-tech they are, and c'mon, it's NYC!"
"How technologically advanced the school was."
"The newer facilities are beautiful, student's access to diverse patient body."
"Smoking hot facility, faculty, the city, different program opportunities, news coverage of their school!!"
"Large patient pool"
"The facilities are brand spankin new, and the patient pool is crazy."
"Not much."
"NYU has a revised challenging curriculum. THey cater to a student's need in term of curriculum. Many special programs and opportunities for those who want to be more than a general dentist. The implementation of plasticized cadavers, no more dissections of formaldehyde-rich cadavers. New sim labs. NYU seems to put their money where the education is."
"The facilities, big sim lab with about 500 seats.They have outreach program and study aboard opportunities. "
"everyone was very friendly and went out of their way to talk to the prospective students."
"City, Admissions Staff is very nice and cordial (even the interviewers), Curriculum seems challenging, Some of the clinics are new and very nice, huge patient load.."
"The friendliness of the admissions office staff. "
"The facilities, technology, curriculum -- looks like they give you great clinical training."
"good facility"
"The atmosphere was pretty relaxed in the interview area before the interview. The tour guide was really good and some of the facilities are really top noch. "
"the interviewer, the admissions personalle, facility is great."
"It all impressed me! NYU rocks!"
"The facilities are TOP!!! Everything is new. I was expecting something different from some post I've read, but they must have posted without actually SEEING the school. All the students, and even those I cornered in the elevator said they loved it."
"The facilities. TOP NOTCH. Also, everything was so organized; shows that the faculty plans ahead. Also, we were given snacks and a free lunch."
"facilities seemed pretty decent, ppl were friendly"
"Many of the facilities were impressive. They are remodeling a floor every summer for the next couple of years. "
"Absolutely nothing. NYU is a dung pile"
"nothing"
"The school was a million times better than I expected. I was hesitant about going and I had a great time. The interview was the best one I had at any school. The interviewer was so nice I couldn't believe that it was actually my interview. The sim lab is gorgeous. Tons of patients. Cool students. Lots of diversity. Foreign dentists join the class in the second year. Lots of volunteer opportunities and mission trips to other countries. Amazing research opportunities. The admissions staff was very positive and friendly. I believe that I will get a top notch education at NYU."
"What impressed me the most was the research opportunity at the school."
"Only the sim lab. Everything else, especially the "remodeled" clinical operatories seemed outdated, even though they were promoted as being state of the art. "
"how upbeat the students are, how pleasant the admission's staff was, how thankful they were we accepted invitation for the interview, great dental facilities, great schedule of classes, faculty has open door policy (can come by with study questions), financial aid officer very helpful with financing education, orientation student let us in a live lecture about periodental disease"
"The facilities were amazing...curriculum as well...the books are all on CD...and the faculty are great with the exception of a couple...."
"How happy the students were"
"The fact that everything is in one building so it's all there you cant really get lost."
"The changes being made at NYU to make it a better school"
"The facilities, the interviewer, the enthusiasm of the admissions staff, and the DIVERSITY and RESOURCES at the school -- the biggest dental clinic/school nationwide"
"The facilities are awesome, the pre-clinical lab ensures every student has their own dent-sim... "
"how blunt my interviewer was...no BS, not sugarcoating :)...nyu students are HOOOOOOOOOT!!"
"Multicultural environment"
"Everyone seemed to be doing what they were supposed to, I found the students to be very independent and friendly. Those we had a chance to meet were very forthcoming with information and they seemed really happy there."
"Thought the clinics were relatively decent, a ton of dent sims..We saw some awesome facilities on the tour, but honestly, you'll never ever be there unless you do research there"
"The asthetic department is sooooo nice!"
"it was a great school with all the modern facilities.specially the rosenthal building was amazing!"
"the sim lab, the new sections that were just put in such as the aesthetics department, and the professors that i met were really nice"
"The location"
"Aesthetic Center and Bluestone Research are gorgeous 2nd Year Sim Labs are nice "
"Everyone including the interviewer were very nice .The lunch was great."
"All in all it is pretty technologically advanced. They have all the curriculum on a DVD, so it is totally computer based no books. They do have digital radiography, the use of hard and soft tissue lasers, CAD and CAM technology and they are the first in the country to have implemented plasimated specimens into their anatomy curiculum. However, I got the impression that most dental students do not get much exposure to using laser or digital radiography."
"The faculty, especially the clinical, were very nice and willing to help the students anyway they could. All emphasized that they were training dentists and wanted the students to get the most of their time at NYU."
"new aesthetic dentistry center"
"I spoke with a lot of students. They felt they were getting a good education. One of the students said what she is doing now in her first year is what USC is doing for their 2nd year students. She felt she was ahead of the game."
"the clinical research center-but no body gets to work there as a DDS student "
"New York City!, the students there are great and seem happy"
"New York city is awesome. Bars and restaurants are everywhere!"
"the facilites"
"new and nice facility. faculty memebers and students are all very friendly. NYU is fast on every applying process."
"The large diversity and its new york!"
"The school is magnificent, The facilities are remarkable, and the city is beautiful."
"The city. I absolutely love NY, but it's not for everyone."
"even though its biggest school in the nation, they tries to help you a lot and be personable - found that out from my friend goes there"
"teachers, research labs, clinics"
"endo/ortho clinics"
"the floors are clean"
"The Rosenthal Institute for Cosmetic Dentistry and the Bluestone Research center; admissions staff was extreemly pleasant as well"
"Friendly faculty/staff/students. The new sim labs and additions. "
"They have many opportunities available. "
"location is in manhatten, the facilites were fantastic."
"THE SCHOOL WAS VERY IMPRESIVE"
"Amy Knowles is a genuinely gracious person. She impressed me the most to be honest. I could not have felt more comfortable than I did during the tour. I was also impressed with many things the doctors we encountered during the course of the tour had to say. The Bluestone Research Lab and Rosenthal Aesthetic Clinic are outstanding facilities."
"The Bluestone research center and the simulation lab were really impressive."
"The Facilities and Faculty"
"Very nice facilities. LARGE. 11 stories. Lots of students, but very accomodating. New technology"
"everyone is incredibly nice and the great facilities"
"atmosphere, location, good looking ppl"
"The modern facility for cosmetic dentistry."
"the facilities are amazing,good patient population,"
"some facilities are new and the location--but you payupwards of $2500/month for a 1bedroon apt. ouch!"
"the rosenthal building n the clinical exposure is great"
"The interveiwer was really very good. The Rosenthal deparment of aesthetic and research centre are fabulous."
"The school is in a good and safe location of NYC. The labs are new and very clean. "
"The sim-lab, the Bluestone Research Center and the Larry Rosenthal Aesthetics’clinic. The faculty also seemed very friendly."
"NYU is located in a very beautiful part of NYC. The school itself is also very beautiful. Some of the parts of the school consists of some of the most advanced, up to date equipment I have seen thus far. During the tour, I had the impression that the achool is very well funded."
"Sim lab was new and beautiful! Amy Knowles is SO friendly. Leading us from place to place, she'd say "come with me, my friends! Follow me, m'dears!" The professor that interviewed me was a character (hilarious and very nice)! He kept on reminding me "I'm here to help you, so sit back and relax. Don't be nervous" and he kept on re-assuring me throughout the interview "I like you!" He was a great interviewer and I really enjoyed being interviewed him him. We also saw him at one of the clinics during our tour. He saw me in the crowd and made eye contact, gave me a wink and a thumbs up, and started waving at me. Our tour guide (Amy Knowles) greeted him when she saw him waving at us and our whole group waved back at him. His personality really left a very favorable impression on me. Also, the diverse student body is great."
"Facilities. It's Dental World...Like Disney World."
"students and faculty were friendly. the research floor was niiiiiiiice. "
"The Rosenthal Institute was amazing as was the Bluestone research center"
"The facility and how super friendly the staff and students were. I really like the reception area, the Bluestone research and Aesthetics dpt."
"the facilities were very beautiful. they stood head and shoulders above other schools like Univ. MN, Tufts, Boston U., UCSF, and UoP. NYU is my first and only choice of dental school based on what they had to offer and their facilities."
"The friendliness of the admissions staff and everyone else at the dental school (except for my interviewer). At the end we got to sit with a 3rd year student who was very open and willing to answer our questions and just talk in general about life in dental school/at nyu. while we were sitting at the lunch table, some freshman dental students passed by and noticed us in our suits and actually stood around and talked with all of us for a while. the students seemed really happy with their decisions to come to nyu."
"the HUGE patient pool. some of the newly renovated floors was really nice. too bad predocs don't have as much of a chance to use the nicer facilities."
"The newly remodeled floors"
"The cosmetic dentistry center and the Bluestone research center are amazing. Also, students we met during lunch were nice."
"The interviewer and admissions staff were some of the nicest people I met in New York. "
"The staff was extremely friendly and polite."
"The school as a whole really impressed me. The fact that the school is the largest dental school in the nation (largest class size and most # of patients seen)really impressed me. The facilities were great and what else can I say about the Research Center and the Cosmetics Center but WOW!!!!. No other school can even compare!!!"
"facilities and location"
"The cosmetic wing donated by a former student was amazing. It was what I would've expected and hoped the entire school would be."
"facilities, accepted right on the spot, lunch b/c you get to eat with dental students and really get a feel of the school"
"facility and the city"
"Crowded, but its New York so it comes with the territory."
"The interviewer was focusing only on my application's bad spots, almost saying I'm not good enough , making me wonder why did they invited me in the first place. (?) Meanwhile other applicants said other interviewers were relaxed and nice. I felt I had to defend myself when answering every question. Never asked me anything personal or about my community work background, only about how did I manage to pass all my exams on 1st attempts."
"Interview was too quick; Lots of waiting around; No formal presentations about what NYU Dental has to offer; No real effort to make us feel welcome and comfortable"
"Huge factory-sized classes"
"Some areas in the old building are very poorly lit."
"The size of the class"
"This is a plus and a negative: Financial aid presentation. It felt like they were trying to justify their high cost by pointing out how tuition itself wasn't high, and how it was the COL that drove its final price tag to astronomical heights. They even mentioned SDN as perpetrating some negative rumors. However, while I appreciated the information, it came across as tired and defensive. We were told NOT to ask for more money, and to not use our acceptance to other locations as a leveraging point. Also, the student tour guides raved for several minutes about their student store where they can buy plastic teeth. however, I've toured at other schools where this was possible, and it was mentioned as an addendum, so it made me wonder about the school. The student lounge was small, and couldn't have actually fit all 300 students."
"The lack of dedicated campus housing. There's an undergraduate upperclassman dormitory really close by, not to mention housing for MBA and law students."
"tourguides did not like the school, very big class size, limited interaction b/w students"
"High tuition and living cost is astronomical. Your rent will be around 1600 AFTER splitting it with a roommate. And the apartments are TINY. That's New York for you haha."
"Length and in-depth-ness of interview"
"The cost, class size (MASSIVE/crowded)."
"The guy interviewing me was purposely trying to trip me up on my answers and cutting me off"
"Long waiting time for the interviews"
"briefness of the interview: I prepared so many questions beforehand but the interview was only 10 min long. did not ask you any difficult questions and was like a casual one-on-one street chatting"
"Too hectic during the tour."
"Price, gender ratio, size of building"
"Nothing, really"
"Large class size, the price, and the price"
"The elevators were known to be slow and everyone, including the students, take the stairs up and down the building. It's not really a campus it's more like an office building."
"my INTERVIEWER. geez louise, this lady literally asked me if i cheated on the DAT and if I was lying about my extracurricular activities so i had to tell her "i don't know what you're trying to accuse me of, but it's very possible to do those things with hard work." ALSO, NYU admissions folks act as though NYU is the best school in the country, and talk about how "lucky" we are to have interviews, and how we are being graced by their presence yada yada and I just got sick of it. bottom line is, NYU has one of the highest tuition in the country, and their program has the MOST students of any DS by FAR. those combined are no bueno."
"students were really stressed out (d1 and d2), but hey that's dental school. not really much of a negative thing, but i suppose it had me a bit worried."
"Nothing really."
"My interviewer mentioned some negative aspects of other schools, which I thought was unprofessional even if he was trying to be helpful. The tour was also super tedious and long."
"The students seemed stressed and unhappy. The students who sat at lunch with us seemed ready to get out of dental school."
"Nothing that i can think of.."
"The slow elevator system."
"The large class size, students looked stressed out"
"Traffic/parking."
"Did not ask many questions, and didn't give me a real long time to answer the questions that they did ask."
"They have no digital technology in the clinic. No personal pc screens and you don't have a permanent chair. Also only 2 digital xray machines for the entire school"
"The big lecture style. High price."
"pretty big class size"
"it's a very expensive place to live and a very expensive school"
"Students seemed annoyed with the interviewees. They don't have digital X-rays."
"Where to even begin......The halls were extremely crowded, the labs were crammed full of students with a panicked look on their face trying to complete their work, and my interviewer (I firmly believe) did not pay any attention to me or what I was saying. I did not have a good experience there and I wouldn't attend the school if it was the only place I got into. Not worth the price and lack of quality education I could receive at any of the other 5 schools I got into."
"New york city and its high cost of living and school tuition."
"Cost of living"
"everything was good , hope all ppl who had interview will be accepted, i mean those who really whats to go to NUY."
"the psychologist and his back handed compliments during my interview. BUT, apparently he's a gem when youre a student there? Go figure."
"The recurrent theme of the day was: "This is definitely not the best dental school." This was repeated many times by the students."
"High cost"
"clinic is very small and cramped"
"hard to hear tour guide"
"Too many students."
"elevators were crowded...but then again, it's NYC!"
"we didn't actually get to talk to any current students during lunch "
"Execpt for the grad clinics, the school seemed kind of dirty overall; the large number of students (a lot of people cut class, their new DVD system sounds useless)"
"The fact that they add more students in the second year, which probably leads to more competition."
"They kick out as much as 20% of the entering students. A lot of students with $70,000 ~ $150,000 debt with no job were sent home. "
"The interview. That a student did lead the tour, nor did we speak to any along the way."
"The long, painful interview."
"Nothing."
"The size of the school and the fact that it gets even bigger when they bring in international students."
"It is reallllly expensive"
"Probably joking, but some random students were making it like they hated it there. "
"Tuition cost, large class size, faculty to student ratio "
"There was a short wait for the elevator... thats about it. It was a great school! "
"price :-(("
"Price, but it's not that bad when you consider what you're getting and where you're getting it."
"Obviously its very expensive! Large class size may make some things more difficult based on what some students said, but nothing seemed impossible."
"none"
"n/a"
"A LOT of diversity. Not that this is a bad thing, but very VERY few Caucasians. "
"Nothing that I can think of. Maybe just the idea of finding housing."
"Cost- but you can really tell that they put the money to use."
"obviously, price tag may be an issue. It seems that they were having timing issues/running late with interviews and the tour on the day I was there."
"nothing actually"
"No financial aid session. Interview was so SHORT - I have no idea if that's a good or bad thing."
"class size is wayyyyy toooooooooo biggggggg. although he said the student-faculty ratio is about the same at other schools, I couldn't help but feel it was like undergrad."
"top notch Technology, how friendly everyone is, close to home :), FOOD"
"Housing costs"
"HUGE class and very busy building, seemed like an easy place to get lost in (metaphorically and literally). Tuition and housing expenses are sky high. The vibe that it is most people's backup school. "
"The number of students, half of the school are very relighous and you could feel that, the students were not very happy they were there because they have not get in anywhere else. I would have go if this was my last choice as well."
"This interviewer basically told me that I was a crap applicant (not in those exact words..but). He questioned everything in my application, he didn't have anything nice to say about my app, he basically said my DAT and grades were very bad."
"too many students"
"next year, the size of the class is 200 dds+ 100 internation students = 300!!!!!"
"Huge class, addition of about 100 international students D-2 year, incredibly expensive"
"Cost (not necessarily tuition, just the cost of living in that area)"
"the supplemental application. the zoo-like atmosphere "
"the cost of living and tuition"
"The tuition is the crippling factor, most expensive dental school in the country and no big scholarships offered. Also, make sure you want to live in New York City for 4 years. It's twice the size of most dental schools and they add 100 international students 2nd year so that may be intimidating to some."
"A lot"
"The day seemed really disorganized--we sat for 1.5 hrs talking amongst other interviewees; the director of admissions was just a Q&A session; they were pulling students for lunch as we were walking on tour"
"HUGE!! Seems very easy to get lost in the mix there. Due to the large class size, 2 days a week you have class 8-1 and two days a week 2-7. Small point and not representative of the school but the day ended with lunch and the admissions people werent there and never gave a farewell speech or anything that I was used to hearing along the lines of" I wish you luck in making this big decision and thanks again for making the trip""
"Class size and the cost!"
"tuition and living costs are very high...this was the only negative thing i could come up with...seriously..."
"Nothing special. Only big size of their class may be negative. Maybe not!! There are both good things and bad things!"
"Price, very little on-campus housing, Price, Class size, Price"
"size of the class, library isnt in the building, NYC is PRICEYYYY"
"tuition, cramped facilities (it is NYC.....)"
"cost!!!! tuiton and living expenses are insane!"
"Cost; Number of students and patients (though they handle the volume well)Many of the recently renovated facilities are reserved for clinical research or use by postdoctoral students pursuing specialty degrees; Other than that, no negatives. "
"A couple of students we ran into seemed stressed out...elevators seem to be perpetually busy, felt kinda tight space-wise (but hey, its in Manhattan, what do you expect?)"
"I actually wished the interviewer asked me more questions about me and my application. I felt like I wasted too much time preparing. Also, the place is noticeably cramped. Class size is a concern."
"tuition, so so expensive"
"nothing, really. i was sort of amazed at why this school gets so much of bashing on sdn. it is completely undeserved! "
"number of students!!!!! school is run too much like a business, like clock-work. they seem to handle the volume well though"
"the cost of tuition"
"Like most things in NYC, NYUCD is hurting for space. It is a bit cramped- be prepared. CLASS SIZES ARE LARGE. You can become a dentist at the school and never speak to the professor- anonymity is possible. "
"Everything is shared among the large body of students. "
"How large the class size is, program seemed disorganized"
"some students responded with 'uh..', the school seems more money hogger than anything else. Its a business rather than an academy."
"the tuition, didn't like living in New York and the big class size really turned me off"
"The first student I saw that day on the elevator who told me to leave NYU as my last choice."
"location of the school"
"everything. They don't treat their students well apparently and make big deals out of tiny requests. You basically have to beg the staff to do things for students which other d.s would gladly do. "
"Competition to get patients"
"Elevator.. too long waiting.. we used stairs most of the time. Large class size. Very small cafeteria."
"Nothing really other than the cost of the school. I ranked it lowest due to that factor. "
"COST OF ATTENDANCE"
"With opportunity is cost, the school is REALLY expensive, there are a ton of people that go here, and it seemed like it may be a bit impersonal"
"Long tour"
"Class size. elevators (stopping at every floor for many floors gets pretty annoying)"
"COST (I KNEW IT ALREADY)"
"Extremely expensive. No real campus...just scattered buildings. Dental College was far from the rest of NYU"
"The cost is estimated around 100,000 a year, but it is New York. Also, school is most likely going to get rid of merity scholarships"
"Nothing really.!!"
"the price tag...the low part 2 board scores. the attrition rate, the class size."
"Many members of the faculty would pass by and ignore all of us. Not a lot of sunlight in the buildings, kinda gloomy. "
"nothing"
"The cost. and the large class size in some respect. but this can be a good thing"
"the price of the school and the cost of living in NYC"
"One of the tour guides was a NYU grad student who didn't know much about the DDS program. The tuition. The interviewer."
"Cost"
"The cost and how they don't award scholarships until April when they already have our deposits."
"The rent is impossible to pay in the area, tuition is crazy and your part of this huge team of dentists so your easily shadowed by the other 300 students."
"Rude Receptionist"
"not much, maybe the sheer size of the place. Also a student whispered "don't come here." to us, but he was smiling when he said it so it seemed like a big joke...also the students who ate lunch with us were hand selected by the admissions lady, so I got the feeling that they were chosen because they had only positive things to say. I wish we would have got to speak with more students but they were taking tests that day."
"Nothing. Size of class."
"hoho...the tuition"
"Why does it have to cost so much"
"The huge class size and the high tuition."
"$$$$. NYU is very expensive."
"The students, I had read the SDN stuff about the school before, so I was a little prepared. Still, I'm a girl from the midwest and when I walk through a room smiling and no one in the room smiles back or even makes eye-contact it's odd. I probably need to be toughened up a bit for NYC."
"The cost and size of the school."
"large class size. apparently they have a very small library, and not such nice dorms."
"expense (but I already knew)"
"Through the tour, some students were whispering "don't come here.""
"Some upper classman came over while we were eating lunch and went on and on about how this is the hardest thing she has ever done and blah blah blah. All I could concentrate on was the green booger hanging out of her nose as she talked to us."
"THe high tuition."
"Huge class size, hard to get to know professors and other classmates. "
"people (both students and faculty) seemed very concerned w nyu's image. they really wanted to be clear that nyu is changing for the better, to the point that it made me wonder how bad things were/are."
"Some students said they weren't that happy but this also true with other interviews I had, Large Tuition.. 1st and 2nd years were really nice and truthful, if there was a fault in the school they would tell you"
"Students seemed rushed and unavailable to talk to us. They didn't seem happy. I've heard that a lot of the students are cutthroat when it comes to competition. Everything is more expensive in NY, even McDonalds. Elevators are a pain, but now I'm just nitpicking."
"The elevators suck! Its a tower of a building so you have to go up and down and up and down and up and...."
"some guy kept telling us "Don't come here""
"Some students discouraged us from attending NYU. "
"disorganization since there were so many interviewing candidates that day. time management was off."
"the school is too overcowded"
"THE CLASS IS 5 SPOTS FROM FULL!"
"NYC is a little overwhelming at first. But awesome..."
"It took long to wait until all the students got interviewed."
"Number of students, and cost. The usual. "
"Absolutely everything. Poor facilities, Too many students, How much the school lies(you do not get to use bluestone or rosenthall)., poor student retention..."
"interviewer's attitude"
"The cost. It's just so expensive. The interview started at 8am."
"I have heard that theyhave a large volume of students"
"Nothing about the school stood out from the other places that I had interviewed. They avoided questions about the strength of the academic programs and focused more on the sheer number and size of the school, which when it comes down to the facts, it's not that impressive. My interviewer seemed to state that was a negative aspect of the program, while on the tour it was given a big selling point. NYU needs to work on their marketing campaign. It's seems shady when you hear contradictory info. from the admissions staff/faculty."
"The enormity of the building....going up and down all day in that building would probably get me fatiqued after a while but hey...I think it is well worth it...Oh tuition is off-da-hook ($75,000 per year) this is just the budget but damn...I guess one would hope to find someone who is a relative or friend to live for free or for 500 a month. Budget for cost of living is between 17K and 21K at approximately 1500 to 3000 dollars per month rent. Lot's of sacrifice. But don't let this be the deciding factor. "
"The size of the school is a litte intimidating at first; however, the trade-off is that it encompasses every specialty."
"The depressing expressions on the student's faces and some telling us not to come there. "
"The class size"
"Did not get to see lecture halls or observe a class in session"
"The fact that the students we lunched with had difficulty telling us good things about the school. The fact that the foreign dentists in second year are well-trained, therefore, do well in their classes second year compared to other students, and therefore there is no bell curve."
"this is not really negative...nyucd is huuuge...there are sooo many kavo's in a 'small' space though...but it just sooo busy there..so many patients..so i mean..that is actually a good thing? :)"
"Mess, too manys tudnets, huge school"
"THe clinics are old. "
"Saw the 2nd year lecture hall and the 1st years in lab or whatever it was...there really is just a TON of people there.."
"THE PRICE. THE school's facilities are kinda old. the tour was given by not a faculty member and not a student but someone who works in the admissions office..... you want to ask her detailed questions and she doesn't know the answer."
"the cost.its 80k per year and the advanced standing students have to go to school for 3 years where as in other schools its 2 years."
"the clinics arent terrible but they are kinda old...they are rebuilding them in the next year though"
"Everything. NYU is a cess pool of dentistry. They drop 25% of incoming freshman."
"1st Year Sim Labs are crowded Aesthetic Center is only for honors aesthetics (top 10 students per class after 2nd Year) "
"The cost for one. New York city for two. It might be the environment some people want but it is not for me. It also seemed like there are too many students there and you could get lost in the shuffle. Plus they add another 150 international dentists to the D2 student body. And of course that rumor that everyone hears about 20% of the class flunking out after the first year. "
"The facility is a bit older, but still is not that bad. It sounds like they are slowly updating it. I would rate it a 7 on a scale of 1-10. 10 being Marquette's facility and 1 being dirt."
"clinics"
"Students say if you dont study, that's it.....out you go. There are a lot of rumors that NYU kicks out their students....but when I talk to the students and graduates they all say " the students that were kicked out had it coming." "
"everything. nyu is garbage. from the fact that they are listed at nearly the bottom of dental schools to the drop out rate of 25%, to the tuition of 80K/year. "
"1st off all not one dental student who saw us walking around came up to introduce themselves. Very cold individuals and one student saw us and had this stupid smurck on his face. The tour wasnt even given by a dental student but by an education student...are u kiddin me. No wonder why no one in our group asked questions, she wouldnt be able to answer them anyways. If your not going to have a sufficient staff before Christmas dont schedule the interviews then. Oh yea in addition the women working the front desk who I guess was the admissions coordinator talk to us as if we were kids applying for grammar school...very irritating. Oh yea by the way its 80k a year to go there."
"the cost"
"cost $75000 a year = $300,000 when you finish school = $500,000 payoff amount with interest Reputation - students have no time to practice in the sim lab as faculty members make you work your brains out just to pass lots of BS courses or you get kicked out "
"the price "
"the depressing weather in NY and the heavy air pollution. like lots ppl have mentioned the elevators were busy and crowded. we did take the stairs b/c we were waiting for too long."
"Classrooms packed with students therefore no personal space in order to study well."
"TRAFFIC"
"Heard a rumor that they they kick out 10-20% of the people the first year. The tour was given by a student who does not go to the NYU dental school. Very very expensive."
"cost - 80000 a yr with everything"
"class size, and the fact that one of the students told me 30 students flunked out from the first year"
"class size"
"The administration people lie to protect the school about getting rid of people. They do kick 10-20% of the students out the first and second year to make more room on the clinic floor "
"tuition "
"Nothing. I didnt think i would like the experience but i ended up falling in love with the city and school. "
"Too many students. Some students at lunch even said they didn't like their school."
"the day was cut short due to some electrical problems in the building. practice alarm locks some of the rooms we were supposed to see."
"WAITING"
"The cost of tuition is steep, but I have been attending graduate school at NYU and am used to everything so it really isn't that big of a deal anymore."
"The class strength.I even felt claustrophobic on one floor.(probably because of the narrow corridors)"
"Nothing but maybe cost of housing"
"Process can be a bit misleading. It seems like they say they want you to go to schoool there and you could end up on waitlist. (Have yet to find out my status...I guess the same can be said for most schools). NYC is a bit overwhelming. EXPENSIVE"
"that the elevators get really crammed"
"The outdated lab facilities. The modern labs have over 150 working at one time. At the same time, alot of the dds students during the tour were telling me "don't come to NYU!""
"the city by itself was overcrowded,the class would be combined with the regualar D2 batch leading to a class of overcrowde 250-300 members, the high fee structure."
"the city by itself was overcrowded,the class would be combined with the regular D2 batch leading to an overcrowded class of 250-300 members, the high fee structure."
"the High drop out rate, the $80,000/year tuition, the large class size"
"fees, number of students around 350 in a class, n some student's responses to us"
"The tour walking , its very tiring. Wear good shoes they make you walk a lot."
"The cost of living and the tuition is just TOO much. Some of the students I talked to weren't happy with the school. Also, the class size is TOO big (about 230 people)!"
"Three of the four students that met us for lunch said do not come here if you get in somewhere else."
"The class is so large that it seems like students get lost among the crowd. I was told the class size was about 268 students. It seems really hard to get to know the faculty as a result. Thus, I don't know how a student would go about getting letters of recommendations if he/ she were thinking about specializing. "
"Other parts of the school (not the Bluestone area or the new sim labs) seemed much older and crowded/cramped. At the end of the interview, we had lunch at the cafeteria, but nobody told us that it was the end of the interview. After lunch, all us students just looked at each other and asked "is it over?" Also, as we were taking the tour, one student sang to us "don't come here...save your money and grief...la la la" "
"sooo many dentists walking around. Cost...72K/yr...average debt 300K"
"the cost (you don't even wanna know how much) and i thought the clinics were kinda old. i wanted to talk to 4th year students but was only able to talk to 1st years which didn't know the answers to a lot of my questions. "
"The rest of the school...it's too bad the entire school is not like the Rosenthal Institute, otherwise I would definately go to this school no matter the cost"
"the class is very large.. freshman year is 240 and D-2 year is like 350 b/c advanced standing students come in from all over the world to get a DDS degree in the US."
"the tuition is steep and the cost of living in new york is also steep."
"the class sizes are huge, though they do split it up into two groups the first year, then three groups the third year, it just appeard to be really cramped. the clinical areas were very busy and small. the labs looked nice and fairly new (they were huge!). i also have no other dental school to compare it with (yet) so i don't know what an "average" school should look like. also the price is very very high, but during the financial aid talk they don't try and sugercoat it at all..just give it to you straight, i liked that. "
"the amount of people there. this class is so big that it is easy to get loss among the masses. some of the students that i talked to also expressed negative opinions about the school."
"The dingy and stained old clinics. The number of students. The fact that they interview 1000 people, and trek them through the school every Monday and Friday for God knows how many months. How they have international dentists join the class their second year (no one knows if these already practicing dentists help or hurt the curve for the first time dental school students)."
"The student clinics seem old and run-down. Pretty noisy and busy in there."
"Too many people. I felt claustrophobic walking through the student labs. "
"One of the dental students that met with us for lunch was very negative regarding the school."
"The "look" of some of the clinics can be a bit updated, but at my interview they promised that by the time we reach clinic they will all have been majorly renovated. (If the renovation of the research center and cosmetic center are any indication, the clinics are going to look awsome by the time our class gets to them!)"
"Although I lOVE luxary, the school was too much showing its materialistic side rather than any other aspect. Rudeness of the interviewer"
"Much of the facility was archaic with antiquated color, and depressing design. The school is cost prohibitive. "
"elevators"
"elevator problems in the dental building, it's always in demand and crowded"
"Long interview"
"More about the program. I was asked what about the program I looked forward to and I didn't know much if anything at all about the program so I err'd and um'd before delivering my answer."
"You should use those $15 at lunch"
"That they had interviewers playing "good and bad""
"Interview is very conversational. My interviewer did ask typical interview questions but they were followed with a meaningful discussion afterwards."
"NYU says that there is one 1-on-1 interview and then a "chat" with an admissions staff member where our questions may be answered. It's actually just a more conversational second interview."
"That the interview was going to be so laid back. They really just wanted to know who I was, and how I interact with others."
"How expensive is the rent around the school. It made me understand the COL and the overall tuition."
"I wish I had known that it would be so low pressure and that I wasn't going to get grilled."
"arrive early, interviews are the first thing you do"
"Lots of walking up and down the stairs since the elevators are so busy and slow. Wear comfortable shoes or at least brings an extra pair of shoes. My feet were killing me!"
"Interview starts right at the start of the day and on a first-come first served basis"
"That it would be sort of low-key/low stress."
"That there would be a major storm day before my interview and the drive would be brutal"
"that free lunch is provided"
"Nothing. Pretty close to what was on sdn feedback."
"Order of interviews are based on who arrived first so try to get there ahead of time."
"Exactly where the building was"
"Where the admissions office is located"
"That the majority of students are unhappy there. Oh, and that religion is a factor in their admissions process."
"that the interview wasn't worth it."
"how baller the cafeteria is."
"To wear comfortable shoes and to ask the interviewer for his contact info afterwards!"
"This it was only going to last until 12pm."
"That they would ask me in a performa that where all i have applied"
"Which floor the admissions office was on"
"Contents of supp. application."
"That the Dr. wanted me to ask him questions."
"You can order anything you want during lunch"
"NYU's prices."
"How laid back the interview process really is."
"my interviewer talked A LOT and every time I would try to answer his question he would cut in and talk some more haha! but I wish I was a little bit more aggressive in trying to finish my thoughts!"
"You can get interviewed earlier, the earlier you get there. People interviewed before 8 am."
"It's okay to go pretty early."
"That if you get interview call, you shouldn't postpone it for last day coz till last day, almost all seats are filled. :(. Wish i would have gone before only when they first called."
"I knew everything what i should know, thank to all ppl who left a feedback after their interview. Just read all of them make sure u know how to answer them quickly :))), be the earlier bc first come fist go , i was fist and i am glade ."
"If you get there early, you will probably start your interview right then and there."
"There was no breakfast."
"It takes 7 years to pay off loan"
"its 11 eleven floors and you use the stairs during the tour"
"that the FDR is crazy in the morning, take the train"
"To get the NYU dental steak! You can grab whatever you want. Don't be shy! All thats left is to eat, talk with students and leave."
"Gramercy Park (where the dental school is) is a NICE area of Manhattan; I wish that I had known this before being so quick to prejudge NYU because I knew that it was located in NYC."
"I would be waiting my turn with 15 other people to interview for only 15 minutes."
"their gruesome academic curriculum. "
"That NYU studends are expected to be very independant in thier pre-DDS work. It may not suit everyone, esp. if your worried about the 20% fail rate after year one."
"They have a very independant-study oriented program."
"I shouldn't have worried so much because I didn't say 90% of the things I've prepared."
"Interview took place right when you arrived."
"That the interview would be so relaxed! "
"you HAVE TO BRING A PICTURE...!!!!!"
"I know some people had harder interviewers than others, but mine was very relaxed and comfortable. Its really just luck of the draw."
"everything you need to know is on sdn."
"you can bring flats to change into before your tour of the school!"
"I think I was pretty prepared... it really is a conversational interview!"
"How relaxed it would be."
"my interviewer was really cool and I had fun talking to her... sitting around waiting for everyone to finish their interviews before getting lunch was kind of a drag. everyone was STARVING and soooo tired. most of us had been up since 5am... "
"None"
"The best food of any interview so far"
"Dr. Mejia made a comment about letting people on SDN know (especially girls) that they should wear comfortable shoes because there is a lot of walking around the different clinics, up and down the stairs, etc. "
"That the interview was going to be so short. That my interviewer liked physics when I was asked which was my most challenging class haha"
"nothing really"
"How cold it was going to be"
"The earlier you get there, the earlier you interview."
"That the food is okay and not that great as others say. The interview last longer than I thought."
"about my interview! i found out the day before..."
"food was going to be awesome! Sandwiches are great!"
"that they will select me....... which i still dont know"
"The interview is right away, get there early and get it over with"
"If you arrive early, you can do your interview early so you don't have to sit around waiting nervously"
"that the 11 story building would be a zoo!! people running up and down the stairs/elevators and running through the building. "
"you can take the subway and walk 3 blocks to campus or take a bus that gets you right there; as soon as you get there, they interview you, so if you get there early, you'll get your interview out of the way, but you'll be waiting for a while; doors open at 7"
"that i should've came in early so i don't have to wait like an hour for the interview...but i liked my interviewer so i was kinda glad that i came at the time that i came in. lol"
"Barely arrived at JFK airport on time for returning. (For another trip to Florida~)"
"I knew that NYU had a large class size of about 220 but I did not know that after the first year 150 MORE foreign trained dentists are thrown in the mix creating a class size of >350 the remaining years!!! "
"nothing. "
"how laid back the whole process is"
"the interview is really relaxed, no need to stress! there were no questions that were hard. there is a short supplemental form to fill out."
"That it was so chillaxed"
"How relaxing the interview was going to be. "
"Hoe nice the faculty was. There are a lot of bad reviews about NYU about faculty being bad and it being a mess: they have a new director (2007 on) and they remodeled the whole place so naturally renovations got in the way of students. Now its all finished, they cleaned house out of some bad apples, it felt awesome....loved it. Wasnt expecting to find such pleasant faculty in NY of all places!"
"There's a difference between express elevators and normal elevators."
"the school do not cut out students after the second year. It is all rumor. "
"that the interview is held BEFORE the tour. i arrived at around 8.05am. everyone was done with their interviews by then! go early!"
"Be 100% prepared for the interview before you get there! The first thing they do is interview you by the first-come, first-served method."
"How large the class gets after your second year when international students join the class. The class size gets to be about 450 students"
"That many students don't really love the school. after so long of experience they are still very neutral about it and would definitely go to state schools if accepted."
"Manhattan is not the place I would wanna live in "
"How crammed the pre-clinical lab is."
"that the students hate the school so much"
"the Subway system "
"Try to remember the interviewer's name... I was so nervous and didn't catch his name.. but no worry.. you can ask other faculty afterwards."
"No stress was necessary, the interviewers were cool and low-key. "
"That NYC is so expensive, a piece of cheesecake $10"
"They interview as you come in, 7:30am-9:00am ish"
"I arrived ~20 minutes early to the lobby of the building where the interviews took place. The security guard did not allow interviewers to go past the lobby to the elevators till the exact time of the interview (he was just being rude). I had to pretend to use the bathroom on the other side of the lobby and sneak past him to get seated early for the interview upstairs. Some other students who had no courage stuck around the lobby till the exact time and were, consequently, the last to interview."
"the interview wasof first come first basis."
"That my interviewer was a non-doctor...she was from the admissions staff"
"Nothing really!!"
"i was going to have a tough interviewer."
"Cost of school will not be covered by federal loans. Private loans (if no other source) must be obtained."
"nothing"
"how costly NY is"
"It is nicer than I thought, and I don't think the bad reputation it has is justified."
"nothing really..i don't think i was surprised by anything"
"Cart across the street sells great coffee for 60 cents, class size... seems like it would be impossible to get into a specialty program"
"That the dental school is a maze and you need GPS to navigate once inside the school."
"that it costs $3000 bucks to rent a crappy apartment in that area. "
"high drop-out rate & cost"
"Just how really huge this school is, but it really doesn't bother me."
"COST"
"they did not interview the students as the order of who came the first"
"that we wouldnt get to eat for 5 hours, i would have brought snacks"
"The fail out rumors are apperently false. The Class President said that it's around 3% which is below the national average. It sounded like you have to slack off pretty bad to fail out."
"I wish I had known that we would need to fill out a mini-secondary. I wasn't completely certain of the dates from the top of my had and wish I had brought a copy of my AADSAS."
"They interview on a first come - first serve basis, so you want to be there early."
"Nothing really, besides the fact that NYU is THE MOST EXPENSIVE school in the country."
"That they have way too many students."
"There were no surprises that I could have prepared ahead."
"Be there early, even I got there 8am, but I was still "late". "
"Pretty much knew everything from SDN.. One thing is arrive early because they will interview a lot in one day and they won't start the tours until everyone is done.. i was one of the first ones there and i interviewed third.. they interview you on the order you came in so if you come in last you will have to wait a good hour- hour and half before you interview.."
"That they interviewed so slowly."
"I would've liked to have known that my specific interviewer was solely interested in picking out the negatives on my transcript."
"just because you think your interview went great does not necessarily mean that you will get in. the school takes a long time to make their decisions due to the rolling admissions policy."
"THE CLASS IS 5 SPOTS FROM FULL!"
"Just false reports on SDN...I don't know why some people (mainly 2010'ers)talk it down. The facilties were awesome and the students were really happy. Don't believe the retention rate thing...I think it is propegated by people who NYU rejected..."
"There will be an additional application to fill out and you never know who your interviewer will be."
"that NY is so freakin cold"
"If you get their early, they interview you right away. "
"What a pile of monkey crap NYU is"
"that the school was worse than i expected. then i wouldn't have flown back to NY after my Columbia interview for this interivew."
"How much I would like the school. "
"I did not have to be that prepared for the interview"
"That the school was not all that it was hyped up to be. I should have paid more attention to others' comments on SDN. I had a friend who interviewed the year before and was told flat out that h had no chance of being accepted that year....then why extend the offer for the interview? That should have been a warning...but I still went. At least I enjoyed myself with the museums and other tourist traps of NYC. "
"you would think that NYC cab drivers know where they are going and understand a bit of english...but this guy was horrible...also how expensive the hotels were and how noisy the city can get. Expensive Expensive Expensive"
"I wish I would not have read these forums...honestly, I almost did not accept the interview invitation, but after visiting NYU is a serious contender. If you don't like big cities and large "campus" enviroment, you should consider if this school is right for you; but if you are somewhat independent, hopefully hardworking, NYU is great."
"All the walking"
"That there would be 11 other people being interviewed that day"
"that we would be filling out a supplementary application "
"that 1st ave & 14th street (sbuway) isn't THAT close to the d-school"
"-----"
"wear comfortable shoes.... lots of walking down stairs! um how expensive the school was."
"that u have to walk up and down the school a billion times.WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES!"
"its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be..i really liked it actually"
"Had to fill out secondary App after interview (needed Jobs, Xtra curriculars, DATs, etc)"
"That they add another 150 students after the first year to the D2 class who are foreign dentists."
"They are only taking about 230 students now instead of 265. The schedule is better than most students realize... and easier. They are 1/3 Problem based learning and 2/3 traditional. Relax if you worry about the 20% drop out rate unless you are a partier and plan on failing your classes."
"price"
"I liked it."
"How fake the staff is."
"That everyones opinions and comments concerning the negative aspects of nyu werent opinions but facts."
"Dont wear high heels...you do a lot of walking!"
"The fact that first year students have already begun to drop out of school and top students are considering transfering to other schools. Their drop out rate seems way too high."
"that we had to fill out the supplemental before or after the interview. i knew about the supplemental application but it's just that i couldn't recall the details very well. we had to fill out DAT scores, the exact dates for all the colleges, and past job experience,ect.(pretty much what you wrote for your AADSAS application) i was already nervous about the interview so i really had a time guessing the exact dates for all the 4 colleges i have attended. also, i got there around 7:40AM and was asked to be interviewed right away."
"More about specializations and how it "really" works!"
"The interview was extremely stress free."
"That the interview was going to be so easy. I was so worried I couldn't even sleep the night before. But honestly, it was very easy."
"area its in is so nice!"
"interiew was friendly."
"Most students are being selected to talk about the school to you. They are dicourages to say anything negetive about the school. "
"that the interviewer was very nice and it would be laid back "
"It's easy to get lost in the field with so many students. "
"you start the interview in morning 8am eastern time(5am pacific for me). about 16 people are there for an interview, we all take a seat in an office atmosphere(admissions office) and are told to fill out a supplemental application while we wait for our turn for an interview."
"N/A"
"I was the first person to arrive and actually arrived at around 7:40 and was taken to be interviewed immediately. It was my understanding that the interviews began at 8:00 so I was caught in a rush it seemed."
"-"
"How fetchin big NYC is"
"I wish that I knew the interview would be so laid back"
"nothing NYU is great"
"How much emphasis they have on online learning."
"that the interview session had started earlier than the scheduled time."
"that the interview session had started earlier to the scheduled time."
"how unhappy the students are"
"nothing at all "
"Reach atleast 15 minutes before time."
"NYC is very, very expensive."
"Housing is not gauranteed."
"You are interviewed as SOON as you get there. The interview is the first thing that happens during the day. (interviews are from 8am till about noon)"
"The extremely high cost of attending and living there. Also, the fact that such a large class is admitted and that the class only grows during the second year. The elevators didn't help either."
"I wish I would have gone to NYC earlier to enjoy the city a little more and then settled in for my interview."
"actually I discovered more things than what I had read from my sources. you really had to come to the school to really appreciate what they have to offer. the new dean there is doing an outstanding job in terms of making the school more relevent and competitive for the 21st century. much laudatory kudos for him and his staff."
"the walking up and down the flights of stairs...i brought a big bag (i dont know why), but they were nice enough to let me keep my stuff in the admissions office until the end of the tour. "
"that interviews took place right away. meaning right when you step through the door. other than that, there was nothing out of the ordinary that was unexpected."
"Wear comfortable shoes! They make you walk up and down a bazillion stairs in the 11 storey building since "the elevators are slow". The student who did the tour was not a dental student. A nearby 2 person apartment costs $1,800 per person!"
"That they don't purposely kick out all those students. "
"The school was so drab, and I had other opportunities to attend other programs."
"never arrive there too early. i got there 20 minutes early to relax and get my mind straight (i'm not a morning person), but my interviewer decided to start the process early..."
"that I was going to find out if I was accepted, denied, or waitlisted right there at the end of my interview"
"I had a male professor interview me and he only cared about my DAT. Not about grades or getting to know me. A really bad experience"
"nice clinics and staff. But too crowded, over 300 students divided in groups for clinics."
"Interview day sold me to NYU"
"The admissions staff should really put together some sort of presentation about the school admissions process/statistics/curriculum/what sets it apart from other schools/etc, and not have us sitting in a room for two hours waiting to be called for two different interviews. They should also consider doing interviews later in the interview day (after the tour) so we may have more questions for them during the Q&A session."
"Enjoy your interview time"
"I had a wonderful experience! I enjoyed the city and location of the school. The curriculum is strong and seems to prepare the students well but makes them work hard, but its dental school after all."
"So happy to be here now."
"Great school in a great location (lots of patients; lots of things to do; safe neighborhood), but with a large class size, people can and do get lost in the shuffle. Expensive Cost of Living is a deterrent that they fully acknowledge. As for the interview: I just acted like myself, except a bit more gregarious. You need to think of reasons of "why NYU" and be able to clearly communicate that, as well as show that you have some original thought. Don't be a robot who only wants NYU for its name and location."
"Get the salmon or whatever is recommended to your tour group. The food is amazing and reflective of the quality of food you will experience living there."
"My interview was very stress-free and I was able to convey who I was and the conversation flowed very nicely. Just be prepared and be yourself."
"Really nice school. Although it seems that the students like it there, there are A TON of people in the building. It almost felt crowded at times. There was always a massive group waiting for the elevators."
"very compact school"
"Very conversational, stress free interview"
"Do not panic. It was not actually an interview.. I can't believe they can make judgment within 10 minutes. I think as long as your app wins you an interview spot and you do not bs in your interview, you are good to go"
"Overall. Low stress. Nothing to be nervous about. Wish we can spend more time inside some of the specialized clinics."
"NYU is a great place to attend but the only two issue I have is price and female-male ratio."
"Great"
"Everyone else in my interview group seemed to have really easy and relaxed interviewers. Not the case with mine, the Dr. was stoic and had difficult questions. (I still got accepted but declined since I got into my state school)"
"i read through the interview feedback and read that most people had 10-15 minute interviews and they were extremely relaxed. i also read about a couple high-stress/mean interviewers, and didn't expect to get one of those. when i did, lemme just say, you need to go into attack mode. not defense mode. if an interviewer is rude and cuts you off when you speak, don't take that bs. be strong and be confident in yourself as an applicant and take their questions down one at a time. seriously, we as applicants are school shopping, the same way DS's are student shopping. so if your interviewer is mean, tell it straight and stand your ground."
"excellent school. can't think of a negative thing about it. they seem to be making very positive and progressive changes."
"Great school, excellent facilities. People were nice overall."
"When going for an interview, dont show them that you are already perfect in everything, and you are better than the things being taught there .. Show them that you are here to learn, and you have the capability of accepting authority and learn from everyone... Show the LEARNER ATTITUDE rather than BOAST about the things you can do .. But on the other hand, dont undersell yourself..Tell em what you have done, and what you can do, in a polite way.. Be confident..."
"NYU is a very large school, and they have been improving the last few years under new leadership. They are more successful in research."
"Bestest school evah."
"They make a concerted effort to make sure everyone who wants to seek personal attention gets it. Also, if you make the effort, you can take advantage of the numerous opportunities in NYU."
"Don't be nervous! Get there early (like 7-7:10am) to finish early!"
"very laid back, short interview"
"just be yourself"
"Interview was fair, not too hard and not too laid back."
"NYU is the best school among my choices and I will be attending NYU for sure."
"I honestly went into the interview with an open mind and disregarded all of the bad comments I heard others make about NYU before walking into my interview day. I was not impressed overall and there were so many things that I disliked about the school. I interviewed at 6 schools and got into 5 of them and could say that compared to all the others this was by far the worst school/program (at least for me and accoprding to me experience). This is the only place I interviewed at where I did not get accepted to (I was wiatlisted here) and was not at all surprised with my lousy interview with the most disengaged interviewer I have ever had. Now I must decide, Columbia or UCLA....."
"Be confident and be yourself."
"Good luck to all, i hope i will be accepted:)) Astvac"
"Most stressless interview I ever had."
"Pretty nice school, theyre gonna be honest with you there. Dont go there if you need someone to hold your hand."
"I was overall unimpressed. They didn't seem to think very highly of themselves, often admitting that they were not the best dental school and that they didn't have a good reputation."
"Gorgeous school, but maybe a little too pricey..."
"Have questions to ask them..."
"cool place"
"Way too cold in the winter."
"IT was laid back, easy questions, and very straightforward."
"Very low-key, unstressful. A large group of us was seated in the waiting room before the interview (waiting was the hardest part) and we were split off one by one between 2 interviewers. My interviewer was excessively friendly, and was able to provide me with much valuble information on the specialties offered at the school."
"The interview only consisted of the generic questions from an admissions person. I didn't feel they had nearly enough time to get to know me. Touring the school it seemed like the McDonald's of dental schools (billions served, but the quality...)"
"The people there really are very friendly and welcoming. Amy Knowles really is as nice and friendly as she sounds. Just enjoy your time...and don't stress!"
"NYU is the easiest school to get into but hardest to stay in. While talking to currently enrooled dental students, I got the impression that the faculty members are more interested in failing students than teaching dentistry. They also told me that the exams are so difficult that 50~70 students fail the science course exams. No matter how hard you study, they'll kick out as many as 50 students each year to make more room for AP students. Even a friend of mine who just started NYU told me NYU should be my back up school as shcool is known for dropping students. "
"The interview began first thing, and lasted nearly an hour. It was primarily a chance for the staff to prove I don't want to be a dentist and that NYU is too good for me (us). NYU should not be so arrogant and rude to thier applicants considering it seemed like most kids wanted to go to Columbia or some other school instead."
"The interview was first thing and very unpleasant. I don't believe NYU is in a position to be so arrogant to its spplicants considering its at best second fiddle to a school not far uptown..."
"Just go with the flow. Know what you're talking about. Be confident."
"You do the interview first, which I like so then you can relax. They also interview you in the order you arrive so keep that in mind."
"Great school!"
"I really liked the school. Thought facilities and everything seemed top notch. Although its a large school, it doesn't feel like that. Their waiting rooms were packed, which is always a good sign. "
"Overall I believe it is a good dental program. It should be given more credit than what have/had been stated on SDN. Choose the program based on your preference and not on others."
"Show up early... they interview in order of arrival. They had food and water available while we were waiting to be interviewed, which was the first thing we did. Then there was Q&A, tour, lunch etc. I was REALLY impressed with the school. The location is unbelievable, resources tremendous, and the general vibe of the school was upbeat and energized. "
"easy interview, nice people, good lunch..."
"Phenomenal school, definitely among the top of my list."
"The facilities are really nice, and the students seem very happy. Class size gets small when its important to have small class sizes. Outreach/externship programs seem really cool!"
"I went into my visit with an ehhh feeling abut NYU, basically due to all the rumors. I left with a very positive experience that puts NYU towards the top of my list. They treated us like we were the future of dentistry and I think NYU would meet my expectations."
"very professional setting. stressful for me bc it was my first interview."
"Hope I get in. "
"Get there early- they take you in right away!"
"They didn't host a financial aid workshop with my group.. which is strange considering how expensive NYU is.. We all had lunch by 11:30.. and left by 12. Lunch was amazing. They offered steak... and get anything you want... as much as you want. "
" NYU is the leading school in the nation and if you can get past the price tag than this is the school to be in. "
"Great school, Excellent Staff and friendly atmosphere."
"Just really understand why you want to be a dentist and why you want NYU. "
"NYU is one of the top dental schools in the country and really wants its students to do well. My interviewer told me that there was some truth to the rumors about drop out rate, however those rumors were based 5-10 years ago, but now the rate is comparable to any dental school. It seems that NYU's integrated exams are helping students to score well on the board exams (>98% pass) and NYU is dedicated to technical excellence (rather than technical competence). Predoctoral students placed over 1000 implants last year and graduates are invisalign certified. I absolutely fell in love with this place and would go here in a heartbeat. "
"NYU is a great school despite the bad rumors on SDN. People should take everything they read here like a grain of salt and see it for themselves. I loved the school, the faculty, and what I was able to learn about the curriculum and stuff. I would go to NYU without a doubt if I get accepted! :)"
"Overall, it was a very personal interview. Everyone was really nice. I was genuinely more impressed than I thought I was going to be and have added NYU to the top of my schools choices. I have visited 3 so far and I think it has blown the rest of them away!"
"Great school in an amazing city. The students and Dr. Mejia really emphasized how untrue the rumors are. They have a very high board passing rate - i think 93% or only one or two people failed. The large class size wasn't a problem for students - they like the diversity of the class. Faculty to student ratio is 1:6, which is still pretty good. Simulation lab and clinics were cool. Overall a really good school!"
"the fact that they were so eager to dispel rumors made me feel like there was some element about them that is true, ironically. "
"There's a list of questions that the interviewers choose to ask, seems like most of them have been posted by other SDNers EDIT: I've been accepted!"
"Get there early, smile, it is a relax interview, people were nice, the student tour was so nice as well. Nothing to worry. There was a girl who kept saying the guy told her that her grades were low, even so keep being strong because there is a reason that you are there. "
"i was interviewed by Dr. Hittelman - i had a great experience with him, he didn't grill me, smiled a lot, and seemed to be at ease during our conversation. the interview wasn't hardcore or anything, more of a conversation. i didn't have the chance to speak very much about dentistry though..."
"you might have a lot of international students interviewing along with you. interview might end really early ( be there early! i know it says you shud be there at 8 or so, but i was there at 7 and they took me in for an interview. i had Dr. Soberman- he's chill, loves to talk, kept me for an hour!! i think dr. hittleman's (behavioral pyschologist) supposed to be the griller. watch out for him."
"do go through all the questions available to you. but there be yourself and dont lie at all.....as you will see that interviewer is trying to read your face....so be confident......be cool"
"Overall excellent school, especially for general dentists as you get exposed to a wide variety of cases. Large class size is not an advantage/disadvantage, just personal preference. This is a high caliber program that happens to have a large class size - don't count on it being a backup..."
"it was smooth process, do not panic. just study the SDN questions. u will be fine. it starts at 8 am. light breakfast after interview. so eat before u go. luch at 11:30 am, by 12 Pm u are done. "
"I found myself liking NYU a lot more than I expected. It's a top-notch school if you can get over the costs. I asked about the rumors of the students being very competitive and lots of students failing out of their first year. Students and faculty found that laughably untrue, only people who don't want to be there fail out. "
"My interviewer was just mean. He's the mean old psychologist that thinks he knows everything about you ahead of time. He barely let me talk, and when I did get to say something he seemed completely uninterested and would just disregard it all. This was a negative reflection on the school and did not make me feel like they were interested in me. Overall, not very impressed with the school."
"amazing school don't believe all the rumours out there about nyu"
"it sems most kids come to this school for its location, not the program itsself"
"It was very casual. I was lucky to get a very nice interviewer."
"It was really laid-back, mostly conversation. The interviewer didn't really ask many questions. we just talked for 20 minutes...it was a good experience."
"I thought my interviewer was tough. He teaches social behavior/psychology. He often interrupted my responses with additional questions. Sometimes he disregard my comments, which made me felt bad. Although at the end he was more interested in answering my questions."
"Again, the facility must be at the top in US. Food is the greatest! (Reminds me of food in my undergrad school!) All future careers can be developed! (Specialty, research, etc) Amazing reputation all over the world!"
"The interview was extremely laid back and conversational however I felt like the interviewer was indirectly talking me out of choosing NYU (after I told him where else I applied, he basically talked up those schools and proceeded to tell me how expensive NYU is). There are MANY rumors out there about NYU, all of which were truthfully debunked during the interview and tour. NYU does not kick people out, there are so many opportunities for tutoring and what not that people that do fail out must be trying to. I went into this interview thinking it would just be a practice for my top schools however I really liked the school and would definitely consider it if I ever got over the cost of living in NYC!"
"show up early (ie 740) and you'll be one of the first interviewed, so then you're not nervously waiting around in the waiting room with a bunch of other ppl that have already been interviewed"
"interview was really relaxed, more conversational. didn't get asked any specific/typical questions."
"The interview is just a conversation, its not stressful at all. Just relax and be yourself! "
"Nice place, Def go there if you can afford it"
"Be wary of prior posts on SDN alluding to high attrition rates, low board passing rates, "mean" faculty, and unhappy students. From the information I was given, and from talking to and observing the students, these are all myths. If you are considering NYU, make sure you get a chance to visit the school to see if it would be a good fit for you, b/c it certainly isn't for everybody. If you need your hand held, you may get lost in the crowd. But if you're motivated, they have extra clinical and social opportunities out there for you to pursue "
"The interviewer asked me general questions like why NYUCD and why I got an interview so late( I filed my application really LATE). Overall, the interview was very relaxing and the interviewer was reeeeally nice. The facility is very modern and high tech! The location of the school is definitely a plus! People were extremely nice all around!"
"Really liked it - GET THERE EARLY.....it really pays, TRUST ME....arrive like 20 or even 40 min before. They do intervews by first-come so they looove that......GO EARLY!!!! The faculty seemed very nice (and Im talking about 3 diff people not just one fluke) and they were in the middle of class and smiling so it was not an act...some students seemed very stressed but other seemed very relaxed and happy. I guess it depends on which environment suits you...if you know how to get what you want youll like it - if you prefer having your hand held and be praised and petted on the head then dont come here and look for a school in the midwest (no pun) I LOVED IT!!"
"Before I even sat down, the first thing my interviewer said was ''Don't be nervous, I looked over you applcation and think you are more than qualified to join us this upcoming year'' So we just has a casual conversation about the dental profession and what NYUCD had to offer."
"My interview experience was exceptional. Every single person I met was absolutely wonderful. I was expecting more information about the financial aid process but overall most of my questions were answered during some part of the tour."
"It was overall a very stress free interview. I couldn't sleep the night before because I guess i was so excited. My interview was only 10 minutes and at first it freaked me out after the interview is completed. My interview was the fastest out of all the 12 students were there. Everyone looked at me odd when I walked out because it was too fast. The staff and faculties really tried to make you feel very comfortable. Each faculty only interview one student, so it is all depend on who you going to get. I had a faculty and she was very easy. She asked me overall about only 4 questions, but the questions were really typical. No tricks at all. I learned that the interview length doesn't mean anything. I got accepted 3 days later. "
"great! the food was top notch, too! we were over in about 4 hours."
"The entire ''day'' was pretty short. we were done by noon. class size is way too big and the total cost of attend. is way too high. Even my interviewer claimed these were problems of the school. The day was pretty disorganized, in the morning, there really wasnt any formal address. we just sat around as we were called one by one for our interviews. Tour guide was cocky :-*( Food was great though"
"I really enjoyed talking to my interviewer. We actually spent a lot of time talking, more so than with the other students. We talked about women in dentistry and in different ways you can use a DDS/DMD."
"The interview was very brief. He had my application open right in front of me (I could see where he wrote notes etc.). It was a good experience."
"The experience was very positive. My interviewer was enthusiastic and listened to what I had to say with interest. "
"The interview was very short and then spent about an hour waiting in the lobby while they interviewed everyone. School tour was good and the student guide was very enthusiastic and insightful. Lunch was delicious and that concluded the tour"
"interview was laid back. An adjunct professor asked question from paper. the tour was interesting. the facilities are nice, but its just a business."
"great, laid back interview, but definitely not where I wanna go to school "
"Felt good about it. Very expensive and a lot of students. "
"My interview was really standard. Nothing out of ordinary was asked. "
"my interviewer was nice and that's about it. the school is okay itself. the staff is horrible. no one was friendly or happy, especially the students. they were telling our group not to go to nyu and that it was their biggest mistake. "
"Overall, it was great. The interview itself is a cake... As long as you stay cool, and answer the questions in statement format, it will impress the interviewer. "
"The interview was very relaxing. I expected a large room with some distance to the interviewer, but it was held in a VERY SMALL office where you barely have room to two people. Most of the time the interviewer spoke and didn't even give me chance to answer the question ^^."
"Got there at 7am, waited till 7:50 to go upstairs. Seated in waiting area and filled in any changes in general application. Interviewers came out and one by one saw us privately. Some were longer than others, I was with myh interviewer for over 30 minutes just chatting about my dental experience as a hygienist and my research experience. He seemed pleased that I really knew what I was getting to. Financial aid presentation. Q and A with the dean of admissions. Tour with very enthusiastic students. Delicious lunch then out by 1:30pm. "
"All in all, it was a very positive experience. NYU moved up my list following the interview."
"I liked NYU, I thought it would be horrible based on peoples rants on this website, but if it really suits you it will, some people love the city, and some love NYU so I was impressed"
"I thought it was a great interview. I interviewed with Dr. Soberman. He is a great guy, very accomplished, down to earth, and easy to speak to. I felt that I could talk to him honestly and that he reciprocated."
"Went well. Asked obvious questions. NYU wants people who want to go there. They don't want the feeling they're considered as your safety school, so don't give them that feeling. "
"It was a pretty relaxed experience...no stress or tension"
"Overall it was a great interview experience. The interviewer was warm and read the file beforehand and seemed to really care If you dont minda taking out the extra loans it is a great school."
"It was all in all a very great experience,there is definately no need to panic,the interview is very general.One needs to brush on their conversation skills and look relaxed.Just be urself and try to participate in the conversation during the interview ,don't let it be a drag .Try to ask some questions to the interviewer too.Listen carefully to what the interviewer is saying and do not ask him what he just told you,so be attentive.All thru the interview try to give a impression and convince that ur genuinely interested and if given a chance u will be honoured to be a part of the school and lat but not the least RELAX.!!"
"Quite an ordeal. I woke up at 5:30 AM to hop on a bus to get to the NJ transit. i took the transit to NY, and then took a cab to the School. i arrived at the school no earlier than 8:45 AM (my apt date was 8 am). But, this was my 3rd interview and i had called in ahead so i was quite relaxed...probably to relaxed. due to my tardiness, my interview was given to professor hittlemen. now friends...pay attention to that name. he is a psychologist who teaches patient behavior. he is super tough. i had barely gotten 2 hours of sleep the night before because i had just flown in from CA...and due to the 3 hour time difference i was wide awake...that plus waking up at 5:30 am is equvilent of waking up at 2:30 AM for me! so when i got into my interview...i was pretty fatigued. Worse yet, he also did not get a good nights rest and he kept yawning and fluttering his eyes during my interview. during one of his questions...he actually closed his eyes and started snoring. however, this was no deter in his pursuit in understanding me. he grilled me for 1 hour no less. i felt like he was psychoanalyzing every one of my answers, challenging them and forcing me to answer from a different angle. later, i figured/found out that he purposely put me in a stressful situation to see how i would react. i was accepted a day after so i guess i passed. if you get him, just stay true to your answers and all will be good. "
"The interview was one on one - it was hard to get a read on the guy. I think I answered all the questions pretty well. Overall it seemed like a great school. The facilities are brand new and the students seemed to love it. We were ignored by many of the students and the faculty, but it was very busy. The presentation of the school by admissions and financial aid was wonderful. I think NYU is a top notch program and obviously NYC is wonderful. Very expensive but living in NYC for 4 years is an experience that no other dental school can compete with. "
"pretty relaxed"
"It was a great interview, he questioned me about my ethics and what not. I learned to love the school, but am not going to be attending as I have chosen another school. But NYU is a close second, some people their didnt like it but I thought it was a good fit. I loved how new the facilities are, and the student to faculity ratio is low."
"Walked in, half filled out an interview form (couldn't remember my DAT scores so left them blank!) Was second to interview, he was great. Only asked two questions, then asked if I had any. Really laid back and friendly."
"my experience at NYU was awesome. Honestly, i added this school after originally submitting my AADSAS and I am glad I did. I stayed at a hotel called Hotel 17 which i recommend. It was very close to the school (about a 5 minute cab ride). It's not like it was very luxurious or anything, but i paid 100 bucks and had a decent room (although the bathroom was shared and in the hallway). It was just a convenient hotel to stay at. I had breakfast at a little cafe right across the street and then arrived at the school early. We began interviewing right away. the interview was extremely conversational and not stressful at all! there were some questions, but while i was answering, the lady who interviewed me would say stuff as well, so it was very conversational and i just felt like she was trying to get to know me. then after the interview, we had a very helpful question and answer session with a 4th year student who is the president of the class. he was very down to earth and I could tell he was honest and wasn't just trying to sell the school to us. then we went on a tour of the school, which was great. we then had a financial aid session and the lady presenting was also very honest as well. finally, we were fed lunch. I suggest eating a large breakfast or bringing a light snack to eat in between your interview and lunch time because i had breakfast at 630 and we didn't have lunch till about 1230. But, they fed us very well for lunch. We were able to go to the cafeteria and eat whatever we wanted. The lunch concluded the day and I took the subway back to the airport. Overall, i left with a very positive impression of the school and I am happy that i added NYU to my application list! "
"Everyone seems happy and excited to be there"
"Came in around 7:45ish, they made us fill out an information update sheet, interviewed, financial aid stuff, tour, lunch then dismissed."
"Depend who you get if, some students had one question and it was just chit chat, while others had professors that combed their file with a fine needle so its all about luck and it all depends who is interviewing you."
"I have mixed feelings about it, the guy was really nice and seemed very interested in my file and what I had to say, but it was only about 10-15 minutes and 3 or 4 questions long. I felt like we had just started and he said "well, do you have any questions?" I felt like I had better ask lots of questions so he can at least have 30 minutes of interaction with me, otherwise I would have felt that he didn't really get to know me. I don't know if the short interview time was a good sign or a bad sign. I asked the other interveiwees and they said they were asked many questions...but they were interviewed by different people"
"It was a very pleasant experience. Everyone is very laid back and friendly. NYU has an amazing facility and you’ll get plenty of clinical exposure since they saw over 280,000 patients last year. After talking to the students, I believe you can be more than just a number at NYU."
"the staff was nice and welcoming. not too stressful"
"NYUCD has the excellent facility, nice people, great programs, but extremely high tuition"
"very low stress. extremely laid back"
"it was alright, i enjoyed visiting NYU but im not sure I would go there"
"The interview was very chill and conversational. He did have prepared questions that he had to ask me. My interview was about 30 min, but I actually talked with the interviewer for an extra 30 min about the school, dentistry in general, and the best way for me to get back to penn station. Taxi Cab, of course :) "
"Honestly, I had applied to NYU as a backup. I knew that I would have a good chance of getting in. The interview realy changed my views. NYU is an amazing school. The fact that they have a high attrition rate is a math and the state-of the art facilities make the tuition worth it. You can see how much funding the school receives and there are so many opportunities available to the students. All one needs to do is be active. Due to the large class size, they won't hold your hand. The class president was very nice and helpful. Cute, too. :)"
"Great experience. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. I was interviewed by Dr. Palatta. He was VERY nice. He seemed like he wanted to get to know me and cared about what I had to say. There were no trick questions. Everyone at NYU seemed to really care about their students and their needs. I really enjoyed myself."
"Overall, I really liked the school. It is what you make it, and there is a lot at your fingertips to make it a great experience and great education "
"It was really casual and laidback. My interviewer was very friendly and didn't ask any really tricky questions. I really liked the school and would definitely consider it as a school I would go to if accepted."
"I was really impressed by NYU. Before I went on the interview NYU was not one of my top choice schools, but it has since gone up my list. What impressed me the most was the technology that is available to the students and the open door policy that the professors have. However, I really didn't like how big the dental class is. They admit 225 students the first year and add 125 foreign students the second year for a total of 350 students."
"Arrive early. (7:30 should be fine) They do personal interviews one at a time (about 30 min each) and then answer questions for the whole group. then there is a tour of the facility and lunch with students. Done by 12:30/1."
"Interview was easy and very pleasant. Felt like talking to my best friend. The facility was ...hot and sexy... don't know how else to put it. The waiting area of a particular clinic looked like a hotel lobby. Every pieces of the 11 floors building were new and amazing. All rumors of NYU aren't true. Very multicultural (heard 5 diff. languages in 4 hours) Of course, big student body. "
"During the actual interview, it was relax and conversational but after I find out that mine was longer by 30 minutes compared to others I got nervous."
"Overall, I love the school, except the price tag, which seems a little scary. The interview is very laid back, all the interviewees on that day seems enjoyed their interview. The lunch was very good compare to other schools I interviewed at. The current student cleard off some of their rumors are untrue for recent years."
"overall good experience... interviewer, students, faculty, and staff all very friendly and helpful"
"I liked the school. If you want to go into dental research, NYU dental is definitely the place to go. Although it may have lower admissions standards it does have a bigger and more prestigious name than most state schools. Students seemed to be very stressed from the coursework, which i think is typical of dental schools and only shows that its curriculum is challenging but rewarding. Another point is that we were told that only 10 dropped out of the class(09')of which is a very low attrition rate. Overall i had a great experience. I know a couple of the interviewees had a dentist who was not the nicest guy but the guy i had was so nice."
"It was actually very pleasant. Pretty laid back. My interviewer spent a lot of time just looking over my application (seems like he never saw it before), he went down my entire transcript grade by grade, but didn't ask any questions (he said I did well). Then he read each of the letters of recommendations as well as my personal statement. So it was strange having to sit and watch him basically judge me off of what was in my application rather than talk to me the whole time. Nonetheless, after all that, we did talk and it was fun. He answered many of my questions and egged me on to ask more."
"Interview was very relaxed and laid back. My interviewer was a great guy who was very nice to me throughout the interview. School seemed great. Some areas were under construction but overall all the rumours seemed untrue."
"not too bad"
"Overall the interview was on the tough side in that my interviewer was only looking for explanations for the weak parts of my application rather than trying to get to know me. He barely looked at my experiences and just wanted to try and phase me."
"there were many candidates that day. there were a lot of asians and also, quite a few from the west coast. my intervewer was very nice and sold the school very well. i was impressed with the facilities, but not surprised, since nyu has major funding. "
"people in the admissions office were realy nice and friendly, but the whole process was itself poorly organized. there is no conference room designated for the interviewees so the applicants have to sit in the waiting area before they get interviewed which kind of makes u feel a little nervous. the financial aid advisor, was helpful but very general, and just rushed through the presentation. my interviewer seemed to have carefully reviewd my application, as i understood from the questions she asked. the best impression was the interview itself, the rest was ok. i feel that it is quite possible to have an enjoyable experience at NYU dental school and get decent clinical knowledge, it all depends on your persoanlity, study habits, and need for attention from the faculty. the class size is a big minus to their program but they make it work. "
"It went brilliantly."
"Awesome"
"I was stressed and afraid to go with this; but you know how people say: act yourself? Well,, that really helps. I came into the interview just answering questions honestly, and responding back by asking a short question, like "How about you?" or something like that, to the interviewer. Then the conversation just got going."
"it was not too bad, the person doing the interview seemed pretty nice, and wanted to clarify that all the rumors on SDN about NYU, esp. high attrition rates etc. are untrue"
"Not too bad. My interviewer was very serious and very formal. "
"Dismal. The guy was a moron. Had not even read my file. Kept asking me wierd questions about my personal life"
"My interview experience was horrific. NYU has a huge class size compared to the other dental schools. Because there is such a large number of candidates interviewed, the interview process was boring, uneventful, and unpleasant. You are first seated in the admissions office waiting area. Other schools have you sit in a room with other candidates so you can talk and enjoy breakfast which is nice because you end up seeing a lot of the familiar faces. I arrived a bit earlier and was immediately taken into the interview. My interviewer was terrible. 80% of the interview was him talking about how wonderful of a school NYU was and that all the rumors about it were untrue. He was very blunt to the point that I was offended, making an effort to point out a weakness in my application. I interviewed at 5 schools, got accepted into 4, and will be attending UCSF this fall. He made it seem like I should be honored that NYU would even consider me. As I went on my tour, students either repeatedly told me not to come to NYU or didn't bother to say hello at all. Everyone minds their own business. I attended a large public school for college so I am used to feeling like just a number and gpa, but for those who need/want more attention, I highly suggest you look into another school. The student I had lunch with seemed extremely happy to be at NYU. He confirmed that some of the rumors were true and others were blatently false. He told us that NYU definately has is negative aspects, but your experience as a dental student at NYU depends mostly on your attitude. NYU was definately not the school for me. "
"It was the easiest interview I had by far. We just talked and the interviewer kept saying really nice things to me. The whole time I was thinking is this actually my interview. No tricky questions. He wasn't trying to stump me, just see what type of person I am and if I would fit in at NYU. I was accepted and will be attending in the fall."
"The interviewer was very easy going. The interview felt like a conversation between friends"
"Out of all my interviews, this was the worst school. The interview was more about antagonizing you instead of trying to get to know you. The interviewer skimmed over my application and made incorrect assumptions. When I stated that he was wrong about my previous dental experiences, he came back with saying that what I had done was still not "real" enough to understanding the dental profession. Overall the school was unimpressive. I tried to separte my negativee interviewer from the rest of what the school had to offer. But throughout the day, it became apparent that NYU is not as great as it promotes itself to be. When asking questions of the "drop rate" rumors, the admissions staff stated that they were unsure of the exact numbers but that they would find out and get back to us. How hard is it to remember how many people didn't make it into the 2nd year? Especially when they claim to care about all of their students, as if they were their own children. Overall, everything seemed shadier and shadier as the day progressed. "
"NYU's dental students are very upbeat, pleasant and helpful. NYU remains my top choice. "
"The interview was wonderful...I read SDN before and it made me a bit scared to go for my interview, but I had a really good time with my interviewer...she made me feel really relaxed and she didn't ask any difficult questions. She actually told me that the questions she was asking were hard and that I was answering them very well. The interview started out with questions but after a while we were laughing and just having wonderful conversation. It is either I was fortunate to have a wonderful interviewer or I was just on point that day because things went very well."
"What I have learned from the many interviews I have been on, is don't take to seriously what other students say. Make opinions for yourself. My good friend said she disliked aspects of NYU, however, she was probably not meant for the big city/school. Likewise, when I visited Creighton, NE I was almost suffocated by the "averageness" of the town. Everyone affect was mundane and unoriginal. Personally, I like a bit of color and life. Bottom-line, this site will not give you the answers, it may only hint at what to look for. Make decisions for yourself, don't be spoon fed."
"It was some reverse psychology stuff I dont even know how to explain like I was thinking the interview was going great until he started advising me on taking graduate courses and retaking the DATs and applying to more schools and that's what he had to do to get into dental school. I was dissapointed and most of all confused. Was he indirectly rejecting me?????? "
"Everybody was very friendly. My interviewer reminded me of Bill Murray so that took the stress off my shoulders! He talked a lot about NYU and the changes taking place there."
"NYU is definitely a great school for the ambitious-minded, who are mature in their time management and in their pursuit of the literally hundreds of outreach, research, and public health opportunities that are available in NYU and the city as a whole. For those who want a cushy lifestyle as a specialty dentist, working 30 hours a week... then NYU may not be the best place for you start your career..."
"Although the school's facilities were great, i have many issues with the school. Firstly its cost. Secondly the fact that there failure rate is so high, and percentage wise it is higher than other schools, so dont buy into there whole argument of, "oh we have more students, therefore we fail more..." their failure rate is 10%. which is higher than other schools. Thirdly, the foreign students do so well in second year, that there is no bell curve, so other students suffer. "
"GREAT..best one yet!!!!...interviewer was hillarious!!"
"The interview was as any other interviews, was stressful and very streight forward."
"The overall experience was good. The staff seemed very nice and interested in why we were there. Students asked where we were from. "
"I got into NYU without an interview. Yes, you heard right. A few schools are doing it now. But I called to have a tour and speak with an admissions counselor before I sent in my deposit. The facilities overall are nice, especially the Sim Lab. The ones that are not are being renovated soon. Those who are worried about the 20% drop rate should realize something-dental school takes a lot of work and individual study. You must be motivated and study on your own at NYU, which is very similar to USC's program (which is a highly respected one). To be honest, I'm going to NYU for the location, because I would hate to live at most of the other schools I've been accepted for 4 years (ASDOH, Temple, Pittsburgh, Case Western, UW, USC). "
"The interviewer seemed intent on getting reactions out of me. Didn't read my file beforehand, was reading it in front of me (did not spend all that time on personal statement for an interviewer to skim it in 3 seconds). Interviewer kept getting stuff wrong about me..asked me strange questions with obvious/nonexistant answers"
"Not quite impressed."
"IT WAS GOOD.AND THE RELIEF WAS THAT i GOT AND ACCEPTANCE LETTER IN ONE WEEK"
"He basically told me that he really wanted to get me in but didnt want to risk his rep...he left in the middle of the interview and went to talk to the dean of admissions. she told him that she wants me to retake my dat. Therefore i will retake my dat. Pretty easy interview"
"Only go here is you have no other choice. It is known in the dental community thay NYU is a cess pool of dentistry. Students seemed unhappy."
"Had Weiselman for the interview; he's fairly aggressive, somewhat rude and cocky. But he's obviously looking for a reaction. If you take it with a grain of salt and understand what he's doing, it's actually humorous and enjoyable. "
"Pretty laid back, simple questions. T"
"The interview was with Dr. Huberman. He is an retired dentist who interviews very few people. We just talked dentistry... more him than me. No real questions except if I had anymore questions for him. Very relaxed. I think they want to know if you are a nice individual or not and if you care about dentistry. Convince them of that and your in! They sent me an acceptance within one week."
"NYU was fine if you like to live in the city. The class size is huge and it seems like they fail alot of students the first year. I don't know how you could be able to get a chair in the clinic easily. The person giving the tour was giving it for the first time and was not sure about anything. "
"I think it is a good school. Professors are top notch. The graduates that I have seen from that school, and I have seen many, are all well prepared and are doing great in their careers and specialties. Dont let rumors discourage you. It is a hard school. You have to study you brains out. End of story. If you get kicked out, chances are you didnt study."
"nyu is garbage. from the fact that they are listed at nearly the bottom of dental schools to the drop out rate of 25%, to the tuition of 80K/year. "
"New York is an amazing place to be. There is always something do to in the city that never sleeps. However you wont be able to appreciate it going to a school like nyu because you'll be studying 247. Professors fail half the class and make the unimportant science classes, which in the long run wont make you a better dentist anyways, as hard as possible. Dont waste your time going up there for and interview unless you have a friend to hang out with in the city."
"I got there really early so I was interviewed very early. It was very laid back and casual. We then went for a tour of the school and then ate lunch with the students. I was very impressed with the school :) "
"I learned a great deal about the school during the interview and the tour given by a student was awesome! After lunch, I talked to several students and they said the way they survive is relying on transcripts not vital books??? I also learned that faculty members try to fail a lot of students and make them retake the courses so that students don't have enough time to study for the board exams during summer. I had a very positive impression during the informative interview but then I heard too many negative things about school while talking to students. I guess it's very important to ask the admissions officers about their retention rate during the interview and verify the rumors. "
"the interview went very well. the tour guide was very energetic and they gave you free food "
"my interviwer Dr. Hittelman is a very nice guy. even i heard two students telling me he can be scary, i found him very kind. he answered all my questions with lots of great details and advice. to me it's like he knows everything about NYU. i think he even talked more than i did. he is a very kind person. NYU is fast on everyting. i must say i applied late but got the interview letter fast and a week after the letter i had the interview. 12/2/04 i got the acceptance letter."
"It was excellent. I learned more about the social side of the school because I already know the academics. Its one thing to ask questions that you already know the answers to, but its even better to ask something you don't know and that is unique."
"Went to school around 8 am. Sat in a room with twelve other students, where we conversated and relaxed. At around Nine was called in by a faculty to be interviewed, my interview lasted long. There after they conducted a tour around the school, then a meeting to discuss financial aid, followed by a luncheon with current students. "
"I had a great time! The interviewer was a sweet old man, who just wanted to get to know me and did not dwell on my application statistics. The tour was kind of bad because the student who led the tour did not know anything about the school. The location of the school is really not in that bad of a neighborhood. I really liked this school! "
"I feel that my interview went really well. The host for the day , admission assistant dean, Amy Knowles is very nice and enthusiastic doesnt describe it. She is sooo enthusiastic its great I feel. I had her for an interview and that was really great because it was many questions but flowed like a regular conversation. "
"Very laid back"
"Only go to this school if you have no other choice or do not get accepted to a real dental school."
"Great experience very acring and professional interviewer who gave me his business card and told me to email him with any questions. Overall, I enjoyed the school very much and saw myself fitting in. I loved everything about the school in all honesty"
"I show up 30 min early. Hang out with the security guards in the lobby b/c school is not "officialy open" yet. A Prof walks in and asks me if i am here for the interview and after i tell him "yes" he walks me over to the admissions office and introduces me to the only two people there Amy knowles and Dr Weisselberg. Dr Weisselberg ask me if i want to interview now and i said "Yeah" and he grabbed my file and off we went. 15 min in to the interview we get up and head to a faculty area were we have some donuts and coffee then back to the interview room we go. The whole interview was more like two friends hanging out talking about random stuff. Finally about 25 min in he looks at my DAT score and says that he does not like my PAT and Math section scores they seem a little low but if i can answer two questions he will over look them. Thats when he asked the questions i just posted in the "interesting question" section. After i answered he said good answer and told me he would be right back. 5 min later he comes back in and tells me that he really wants me at NYU and to expect "something very good in the mail form NYU in two weeks". That was the easiest and most enjoyable interview i went on. Two weeks later i was accepted. "
"It wasn't really that stressful. I was asked typical interview questions. The interview is the first thing of the day. They interviewed me as soon as I walked in and I was early. "
"my interview was brutal. it lasted about an hour and 15 minutes. i told my interviewer i was considering a part-time job while in school. he said that would be difficult if not impossible, and he proceeded to discourage me from becoming a dentist. at that point i realized i screwed up and just tried to be honest, to convince him why i want to be a dentist and tried be myself and it payed off. i gave myself about a 1% chance of getting in, and i received a letter of acceptance a week later through express mail.the questions are straight forward, however, you can't be vague with your answers with the interwer i had. most likely you'll get someone who'll be easier."
"WELL WAS VERY GOOD BUT I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME POEPLE BEFORE MY SELF."
"The interview was outstanding. I was expecting it to be dull and boring from what I had heard, but it was exactly the opposite. Amy Knowles is great and the tour was amazing. My interviewer was a professor of behavioral sciences and psychotherapy and it seemed at times that he was throwing things at me to see my reaction. I must have reacted favorably because I got in. Overall, it was a laid-back, comfortable time."
"The interview was very laid back and Dr.Weiselberg(my interviewer) was a very sweet person.Everyone at the college including the admission staff were very friendly and helpful. "
"I loved NYU and they impressed me with their program. One student told me though they like NYU but not the electronic books they make you buy."
"-Good conversation -Interviewer told me his story which seemed similar to mine (non-science major) -No real organized pace, just normal flow of conversation"
"it was a great experience. I would recommend you to come early and explore the city to see if you really fit in to this diverse city."
"The guy accepted me on spot!!!!!!!! He was a great guy."
"my interview was pretty laid back and no difficult questions at all. I was interviewed by Dr.Weisselberg,and all the questions asked were expected questions.The interview was more of a general conversation than a questionnaire.After the interview session of all the 16 members, we were taken on a college tour followed by a financial aid discussion, after which we had our lunch with a student at the cafetaria."
"overall it was ok. i knew everyting from before so it was all expected"
"The school is really very good. Admission people are friendly. I was really impressed by the technology of the school."
"The interview was pretty kicked back. My interviewer didn't ask me any hard quetions. "
"I had a great time in NYC. The city and school have so much to offer. "
"NYU is a good school if you are prepared to compete. I've heard rumors that they have a high attrition rate and will drop the lowest 1/3 of the class. However, they are striving to be on the cutting edge of technology as exemplified by their desire to incorporate new prcoedures into their curriculum. If you survive being dropped, NYU will definitely prepare you to be a good dentist. They have a large patient pool. "
"Low-stress and very conversational. I had a good time and met a lot of cool people. A few of us walked to Penn station together afterwards. I really liked the other applicants (important to get a feel of potential future classmates)."
"The interviewer was in a hurry and hadn't even read my file. Our discussion was very general. I don't know if that's a good thing. "
"overall, i thought the interview experience seemed like what the school year would be like (so many interviewees we almost ran out of chairs). i honestly went in thinking that i probably wouldn't go here and i can say that my view hasn't really changed (but at least it didn't go down). the tour was kinda funny because the tour guide was really peppy and would always say "come follow me my friends!" and would wave at us to follow her. either she eats coffee beans for breakfast or she's really really happy to see us. "
"Definately a school I would attend if it were my only choice."
"NYU was very impressive! The facilities were beatiful. I really like the new Aesthetic Dentistry part of the building and the Research building. They are both in the same building but the floor it was on was AMAZING. I can't believe how people had donated $ to have this done. The dentist of the Stars, i.e. julia roberts, etc... had donated a bunch of $$$ for the Aesthetics department. I was really impressed that it had 6 flat plasma screen TV's and a room where they would operate and people in another room with a glass wall can see... Their equipement at NYU is all at the top-end, top-notch tools!!!... I don't know what else to say, but first I though NYC, wow how scary is that??? am i gonna die from walking to my apt.. NO! I found out they got cops on every corner, and the new mayor on NY has really put alot of $ and work to make the city better than ever. University of Michigan, University of Detroit, University of Texas Health Sci Center's facilties can't even compare to NYU's!!! I must have gotten lucky, but the person that interviewed my was REALLY laid back, he hardly asked me any of the "typical" interview questions, it was more like he was telling me why to go to NYU and how cool the city was... Other than that good luck to everyone that gets an interview there, don't be stress, i think nyu's interviews try to make at least stressful as possible!!!"
"you can't compare NYU to any CA schools. to utter the NYU and UoP in the same sentence as someone else did in a previous posting is ludicrous. NYU is considered IVY league, and UoP is well...UoP. NYU is a hell of alot nicer than say PENN. I just worry about the enormous class sizes there though. But I was told by an upperclassman that 98% will pass. Those that usually struggle are married students with kids. Which makes sense in terms of committment and care for children in general. My general impressions of NYU are positive. NYU is my first and only choice. Seeing is believing though and I encourage those with NYU interviews to go physically there to see it and not do a regional interview if it is offered. September is the earliest they offer interviews and they're held mondays and fridays only so plan ahead!! Good luck and hope to see some of you at NYU. "
"the only way i can describe my interviewer would be a dr.jeckle/ms.hyde type. when i first came in he was so nice, offering me water snacks, then soon as the door closed so did the attitude of the interviewer. he was very blunt and to the point about everything. "i see you founded this organization at your school, a monument would have lasted longer"... implying i solely did it to boost my application/ego (i was actually a bit hurt by this since this was an organization my friend and i started together to help disabled adults which took a lot of time and a lot of effort). he was very sarcastic and rude at times. he asked my age several times and said i'm too young to know what i want to do for the rest of my life, etc. he was relentless with the questions and sometimes didn't even let me finish my answer to the question before he was interrupting me with his two cents and another question, or throwing my answer back at me and questioning that. at the end the he again reverted back to the sweet old man, and said he hopes to see me next year. very odd."
"overall, the interview experience was ok. nothing spectacular and nothing that made me really really want to attend nyu. quite a wide range of personalities among the admissions committee."
"If I had to decide between NYU and UoP (the other school I've toured) I'd pick UoP. Of the 3 newly remodeled floors (which look like 5 star hotels) only one of the floors do the students actually step foot on."
"The staff at NYU are really nice. They're not out to get you at all. The interviewer I had made me feel comfortable and she didn't ask me any difficult questions."
"Overall, the admissions staff and the interviewer were great but I just didn't like that the class was so large"
"It was straight forward, the interviewer asked me questions and I answered, and at the end I asked questions and she answered. "
"Background: at work, I interview candidates for professional positions, so I am very familiar with all aspects of interviewing; both from the side of interviewer and interviewee. The interview with NYU was the worst that I have seen in my whole life!! It was an interview at which I really felt verbally assaulted!! I was told that my advisor “is an idiot†for not telling me to retake the DAT. I was told that I need a “stop light and a police officer†in my life because I said I am too ambitious when I was asked about my weakness. Basically, whatever that I said, it was thrown back at me. My age was asked 3 times (in 5 min) even though it is on the application. The interviewer was clueless about contents of my file and personal statement. "
"Overall, I had a poor impression of the school. NYC is not for me, but I would've gladly sacrificed if it was my only choice."
"very interesting to say the least! Got yelled at and questioned like a criminal, but the same guy that yelled at me accepted me right on the spot!"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 136 |
| Faculty member | 27 |
| Admissions staff | 91 |
| Other | 16 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 150 |
| Neutral | 33 |
| Discouraging | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.78 | 186 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 40 |
| Out of state | 146 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 47 |
| 2-3 hours | 45 |
| 4-6 hours | 48 |
| 7+ hours | 40 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 99 |
| Automobile | 34 |
| Train or subway | 44 |
| Other | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 35 |
| $101-$200 | 17 |
| $201-$300 | 15 |
| $301-$400 | 19 |
| $401-$500 | 13 |
| $501+ | 44 |
n/a
DEN/LGA
LaGuardia Airport
JFK/LaGuardia
La Guardia
HPN
Newark, NJ
LaGuardia
Newark
ewr
LGA
LAG
JFK
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 1 |
| With students at the school | 1 |
| Friends or family | 49 |
| Hotel | 74 |
| Home | 11 |
| Other | 2 |
17th street
Affinia Shelbourne
Americana Inn (really cheap hostel-like location).
Best Western
best western seaport
Broadway Plaza Hotel
Carlton
Chelsea Star Hotel
Clarion Park Avenue
Comfort Inn
Comfort Inn Chelsea
continental HOSTEL
Courtyard
Days Inn North Bergen
Desmond Tutu Hotel
Doubletree Metropolitan
Edison
Fairfeild - 7 min drive in cab ($8)
Hampton's in New Jersey
Hilon Manhattan East
Hilton Garden Inn
Holiday Inn
Hostel at Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Hotel 17
Hotel Marcel (2 blocks north)
Intercontinental at Times Square
latham
Marcel
Marcel Hotel
Marriot Marquis
marriott
Marriott Courtyard
mercel
mercer
Pennsylvania Crap Hole
pod
Radisson
Ramada Eastside
Ramada Inn
residence inn - times square
Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ
Shared bath room!
Sheraton Four Points
Sofitel
The Marcel
The Marcel At Gramercy Hotel
Thirty Thirty
Washington Square Hotel
Wyndham Chelsea Manhattan
Yes
YMCA - Vanderbilt
YMCA Vanderbilt
17th street
Affinia Shelbourne
Americana Inn (really cheap hostel-like location).
Best Western
best western seaport
Broadway Plaza Hotel
Carlton
Chelsea Star Hotel
Clarion Park Avenue
Comfort Inn
Comfort Inn Chelsea
continental HOSTEL
Courtyard
Days Inn North Bergen
Desmond Tutu Hotel
Doubletree Metropolitan
Edison
Fairfeild - 7 min drive in cab ($8)
Hampton's in New Jersey
Hilon Manhattan East
Hilton Garden Inn
Holiday Inn
Hostel at Williamsburg (Brooklyn)
Hotel 17
Hotel Marcel (2 blocks north)
Intercontinental at Times Square
latham
Marcel
Marcel Hotel
Marriot Marquis
marriott
Marriott Courtyard
mercel
mercer
Pennsylvania Crap Hole
pod
Radisson
Ramada Eastside
Ramada Inn
residence inn - times square
Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ
Shared bath room!
Sheraton Four Points
Sofitel
The Marcel
The Marcel At Gramercy Hotel
Thirty Thirty
Washington Square Hotel
Wyndham Chelsea Manhattan
Yes
YMCA - Vanderbilt
YMCA Vanderbilt
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.05 | 199 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.55 | 204 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.11 | 206 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.09 | 130 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.42 | 132 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.68 | 111 |
"Great work"
"to make sure before hand that the room they're gonna use to take the test is in the same building instead of having us going back and forth from one building to another"
"Add an informational presentation about the school to the interview day, and please do the interviews after the presentation and tour."
"Offer a better platform for students to find roommates with other incoming dental students."
"This is weird -- but I would say to change the lighting fixtures. I was really excited about NYU, but I interviewed on a cloudy day and everything looked dim and dark. In retrospect it seemed to really affect my perspective, especially after the financial aid talk. Also, I wanted feedback on how alumni liked NYU -- basically, more information about "why NYU" and how well NYU prepared them."
"interview, then dean of admissions speech, then lunch, then tour"
"Nothing. Very friendly and informative staff."
"Have more people interview so that everyone can get interviewed at once, or at least close to 'at once' as possible. There was A LOT of downtime waiting for people to finish."
"Too long a waiting time after my interview was done."
"None"
"Please tell your interviewing faculty to refrain from asking an applicants religious background during the interview process."
"none."
"Have a better system so that we aren't all waiting for hours and getting in the way of others while touring!"
"Please be a little bit more responsive via emails too .. You guys do respond on phones pretty well, but sometimes international students cant call .. They use emails, and they wait for response.."
"Please provide better directions to the admission's office. Allow more time with the student tour guide. It might make sense to break the tour into two groups, and have two guides. Give name tags to the students."
"Provide a financial aid presentation since NYU is expensive."
"make tour more interesting"
"Include a schedule of the interview day either in the folder or in an email."
"A little bit more organized for the interview process. As expensive as NYU maybe... I'm a dissapointed that they did not have a financial aid session. Also I interviewed when the students had finals so there was a bit of a problem finding a tour guide."
"just chill, they are very nice and easy going. especially the dean of admission, she is the nicest p"
"Nothing, it's perfect. Very timely."
"Keep up the good work"
"More seating in the lobby area."
"Not enough space for us all!"
"Keep up the good work! Dr. Mejia is great!"
"confirm the room scheduling for dean meeting! lol, we spent about 20 minutes searching"
"I thought it would've been more logical to have the tour first and then the interview."
"They were nice and busy. Nobody knew anybody basically."
"every thing is perfact"
"need a more organized tour"
"just wish i didn't have to wait after my interview"
"Have current students to talk with us while we're waiting"
"Plz provide US with lunch on a first come first serve basis. I gave up having noodles. HAHAHA HA HA"
"I would have like to tour the school prior to the interview."
"none, they were very friendly"
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